[To be completely fair, I was dead asleep myself, so it totally didn't feel like a cliffhanger because this was waiting for me when I woke up! A happy accident...]

Scientists...

[Alice murmurs the word, mulling it over. There's something almost sinister about the word, but then, that's not too surprising - science was used for more nefarious purposes than most things in Sylvarant. She drums her fingers on the table and thinks it over.]

Angel seems to trust Rhys. This might be a problem. [Enough of a problem that she might consider not handing over Leo's ankle monitor to her until Rhys is dead, but... no, they can't really afford a delay.

Then, a moment later, her eyes light up.]

I'll pick a fight with him. People will be expecting me to vote for Cici, but if I can get Rhys to say something even vaguely suspicious to me when he gets mad between now and the end of the next trial - I can make it look natural if I push for people to vote for him.

He seems like a pretty easy person to get mad. And he did already say he doesn't like me. ♡

[what happened to being careful, alice]