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I have the feeling that your floor's been through worse.

Just like he's probably had worse cuts. We all have. That makes me wonder if it's "just" a cut.

[They may all have some difficulty gauging scale at this point.]

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And I have the feeling you're trying to imply something with both those statements.

[Or he might be projecting. But he veers defensive, even (or maybe especially) when he's unsure.]

Head wounds always bleed like a bitch, Clarke. That's something else we all know.

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All right, we need to back up a bit.

Just to be clear: to the cat part. Not to where you think I'm accusing you of anything.

How do the cats factor into a head wound?

[Clarke doesn't know if that's enough to disarm the defensiveness, but it's worth a shot.]

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They don't. They were just all he could talk about before it happened.

Which I guess could tempt someone into hitting him over the head or something, but for the record, I didn't. I like cats.

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I guess I never thought about asking you whether you were a cat or dog person, but that makes a lot of sense.

[Murphy could be Grumpy Cat Incarnate sometimes.

... But then, so could Clarke.]