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[There's a sound a bit like static, then some rustling and clicking. Following that, a trill, a whistle, and something Talking Bird Julee feels she obviously has to share with the world:]

Diane. Diane.

[A few more clicks - probably from her beak. She has a pretty light voice, but she goes darker for the next line.]

Holy smokes.

[And then she'll just be whistling the tune to I've Told Ev'ry Little Star for a while. Who knows where Cooper is - probably off getting a caffeine fix or something.]

(backdated to April 19th!)

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[She should leave it alone there, she knows, having picked up on that shift in his tone, but still, she pushes just a little bit farther, making sure to guard her own so she doesn't reveal too much of how personal it really is.]

And sometimes they're kept because the alternative would be worse.

The outcome is easier to handle if you know the truth. The act of keeping something secret can be more damaging than the secret itself.

[...A bit too late for that revelation, isn't it.]

There's always the exception that proves the rule, detective.

[She will just TRY HARD to make this lighthearted again because oh, man, this is getting into uncomfortable territory.]

_{[FORESHADOWING]

[He does seem a little appeased at having that quote thrown at him again, and Julee is still singing sporadically to herself in the background. He exhales slowly rather than protest.]

[He understands, since she already told him she HAS secrets, and figures that she's trying to justify her keeping them.]

[So he repeats his answer from a month ago, a bit of a compromise between the loaded topic and the banter the quote brings back.]}

Except for rules without exceptions, Carmen.

[IF HE ONLY KNEW.

Strange how it feels as though they've just averted a crisis somehow, like they're both letting out breaths they hadn't realized they'd been holding. Another narrow escape, but as the saying goes, a miss is as good as a mile, and almost only counts in horseshoes.

And it's not until a moment later still that it hits her that this feeling means he's right.

Well played, detective. Well done.]

Which makes the ones who break them...exceptional?

_{[And there's a quick smile, because puns, even if terrible, are always source for amusement.]}

And would you be one of those people?

[Oh, please, like her ego would let that one go by without remark.]

I'd say so. Wouldn't you?

It's too early to say.

_{[Ha! .. or something. He lets his tone remain dry in that way that doesn't really say whether he's joking or not, but the words themselves hint that he is.]}

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[And yet, joking or not, "too early" implies that there'll need to be a "later", and there's a certain victory in that, too, in and of itself.]

You'll have to let me know when you figure it out.

_{[And he picks his words carefully. Those were chosen for a reason.]}

I will. Until next time, detective.

[If they're not careful, Julee's going to learn that phrase, too.]

Until next time.

[And she whistles a few bars of the da-dums for good measure before hanging up with a click.]

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