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"Hello, Luke Triton here! I'm not here right now, but I'll get back to you as soon as I can!"

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[questionauthority]

[Shortly after Luke gets off the phone with the Major, he'll hear Edward strolling down the hall, whistling to himself as he makes his way to the telephone.

Ah, good. The line's free. He'd been meaning to make a call to someone this afternoon.

He reaches over Luke's head and takes the receiver in hand, preparing to dial a filtered number.]

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[And before Edward can go through with that call, Luke pulls back that phone rather suddenly.

And boy does he look unhappy.]

Mr. Nigma, we need to talk.

Right now.

[questionauthority]

[Well. That was rather unexpected. Trying to take the phone back once more.]

Can't it wait, Luke? I have business to take care of.

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[And Luke pulls it back further.]

Did you declare war on the Major first?

[questionauthority]

Did I---?

[He abruptly stops trying to snag the phone.]

...Where did you hear that?

[hintcoinplz]

From the man who's starting this whole war business, of course!

Is he telling the truth?

[questionauthority]

[He pauses. Considers his options. Lying to Luke generally isn't the best course of action, he's learned.]

Suppose, if you can honestly believe a word that buffoon ever says, that he is telling the truth.. Then what?

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Then I'd have to ask why you thought it was a good idea in the first place!

[His cheeks are puffed out and he's pretty clearly upset with this news.]

[questionauthority]

And I suppose I would have to admit that while perhaps it wasn't my finest idea, my intent was for him to finally take me seriously.

...But, as it so happens, the Nazis seem to take their wars very seriously, indeed.

[hintcoinplz]

Who cares if he takes you seriously or not! You saw what he can do, why would you willingly invite that sort of thing?!

[questionauthority]

When have you ever known me to reject a challenge? To reject an opportunity to prove myself superior to any potential opposition? I thought---

I thought I could handle him.

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[Luke's anger dies down - not by much, but a little.]

You don't always need to go around proving yourself! Especially with someone as dangerous as this. You've heard him on the phone lines, seen him in action - he's exactly the sort of man who doesn't care how far he has to go to win.

[questionauthority]

He still hasn't won. He'll never win.

[Edward won't let him. Not with his reputation on the line. Not with the people he actually matters to on the line.]

[hintcoinplz]

But that's not the point. He's dangerous. He's not going to stop unless he can cause some kind of damage.

At this point, winning doesn't matter.