Fifth Race

Adelie

[AnimAdelie]: Hey

[AnimAdelie]: Do you know a Mr Castelloro?

[PrincessPetunia]: You mean like the mob boss?

[AnimAdelie]: What

[PrincessPetunia]: Yeah, isn't that the name of one of the big, you know, like, organised crime families?

[AnimAdelie]: What the fuck

[PrincessPetunia]: Why do you ask?

[AnimAdelie]: Someone came up to me at Aletsch and asked if I knew him

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[AnimAdelie]: He was like 'hey you're from Tenebrae, do you know Mr Castelloro?'

[PrincessPetunia]: Wait

[PrincessPetunia]: wait wait wait

[AnimAdelie]: Petunia?

[AnimAdelie]: What's going on?

[PrincessPetunia]: Sorry, I had to scroll way back, like way way back.

[PrincessPetunia]: Look at this:

Two months ago, PrincessPetunia said:

I think she was about to a couple of times. She said something like 'Mr. Cast' at one point. Does that ring any bells?

[AnimAdelie]: I don't get it

[PrincessPetunia]: That was when I asked Phoebe about her backers. You know, right after the team formed and I got Ms. Dewmeadow to sponsor us?

[AnimAdelie]: Oh, Cast- like Castelloro

[AnimAdelie]: I read it as like

[AnimAdelie]: like a movie cast

[AnimAdelie]: Wait you think Phoebe's backers are criminals?

[PrincessPetunia]: I don't know, she wouldn't do something like that, would she?

[AnimAdelie]: It would explain why she's been so quiet about where she got the money from.

[PrincessPetunia]: What do we do?

[AnimAdelie]: idk ask her about it I guess?

[AnimAdelie]: I don't think she'd lie to our faces if we confronted her

[AnimAdelie]: She's not a good enough liar, for one thing