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After he beat me in pool with my right hand, I invited him to a proper match. However, we battled in Mementos, rather than at Penguin Sniper. Annoyingly, he defeated me, though he only battled me in my princely guise. Still, I took it as an opportunity to throw the proverbial gauntlet. I challenged him to a duel after declaring how much I hated him.

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I "had" to hate him, and I "had" to sever my "weakness."

[Ha. He wheezes out a laugh at his own expense, unheard by anyone else.]

A word of advice: find another way forward that doesn't involve shooting him in an interrogation room.