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	Leo cleared his throat.  "[color=ed1c24][b]Usually being annoying is plenty enough reason for me to sign off on a death sentence, but we're not dealing with schmos.  We're dealing with the inner council.  Give me something other than 'she irks me' and I'll hear it.[/b][/color]" His eyes lowered to the table as he began tapping his fingers to this thumb once more in a familiar series of fidgets.  "[color=ed1c24][b]No one has spoken of Jane with anything but abstract queries towards the others in this room.  I think it's safe to say she was simply a target one could get away with.[/b][/color]"  

	He suddenly looked up to Reika.  "[color=ed1c24][b]Perhaps, as our ambitious colleague has advised [i]us[/i] to do, the rats decided to pounce on someone that supported our structure the least with the intention of watching us scatter and divide.[/b][/color]"  Leo's eyebrows raised at the thought as he continued to glare at her.

	"[color=ed1c24][b]I said before that I plan on reacting with evidence in mind.  The only new information we have is the treachery has come in pairs.  Two of you are walking scum, working together, whispering to eachother.  The only two I see figuratively holding hands are Reika and Vincent.[/b][/color]"  The two continued to give off high levels of suspicion, in his opinion.  Reika had no qualms about making waves while Vincent has been comparatively quiet.  His defense of her was very obvious, though.  The obvious nature of the pair seemed their greatest strength in proving their innocence.  The rats, if they were smart, wouldn't make their partnership so blatant.

	He took a mental step back and looked at the other faces in the room asking himself, [i]If not those two, then which other pair would fit?[/i]  He looked briefly at Rachel who had a moment of confession.  She could have been employing an old trick that criminals used with cops all the time.  [i]'Book me on the little stuff and let's forget all about the big thing I did'[/i].

That left Lucia and Alice.  The former being a champion of organization and thoroughness while the latter was a source of controversy.  It would be a hard sell for someone to convince Leo that Lucia was involved.  Alice, however...

	"[color=ed1c24][b]The only other potential pair I can see would be Rachel and Alice.[/b][/color]"  He paused to let that sink in, trading glances between the two women.  "[color=ed1c24][b]Rachel, every time you speak, you've been trying to give us evidence that you are innocent despite the fact that no one has levied any accusations your way.  That's behavior you see in someone with a guilty conscience.  You pushed attention toward Reika after she accused Alice, seemingly in defense of our current social media queen.  If you're guilty, you surely aren't partnered with Reika and you are likely partnered with the woman you are indirectly defending.  While Reika and Vincent have been very obvious with their affinity toward one another, a poor strategy for a couple of rats, you have laid low.[/b][/color]"

	Leo looked back to Reika and Vincent.  "[color=ed1c24][b]If Rachel goes down and it results in our favor, I'll consider you both absolved and join you in taking Alice down as well.  If we get the opposite results, then you know where my suspicions will lie.[/b][/color]"

	Leo bit his lip for a moment, trying to decide if he had overlooked anything.  With a small sigh, he finally said, "[color=ed1c24][b]I think we need to clip Rachel.[/b][/color]"