Trust No One

He’s not saying anything. He’s just going to stare.

She is just going to stare back honestly. She’s inhuman she doesn’t need to blink.

"Well, yes, um…." She still was not exactly so lenient with her secrets. But despite that the spirit projected one of the pages of the third journal, as well as two from the other journals.

He didn’t like the unease that spread across her face. It was odd, because he’d only met her moments ago, but it felt like he’d known her for years. He’d carried her along beside him for such a long time. He wished he’d been more gentle

“Things that cannot be comprehended on the simple plain of mortal thinking.” yes, that worked well enough for her cause of trying to keep secrets. The human boy would not suspect a thing from words such as that. She was as sly as ever- which translated to her lack of any comprehension of humans.

     ”You don’t understand,” He reasoned, staring at the journal. “This isn’t just because of the people I love, it’s not about them. This is about me. If I leave them out of it- if I do this carefully, I can unlock everything! You know more than anyone of all this wisdom, and…and is it so bad that I want to know as much as I can?” Dipper sighed, shaking his head. “You can’t stop me. The journal, Number 3, was given to me. I’ll get the others too. You’ll see.” 

“If you say so, Child. It is not my place to scold you- I am nowhere near your guardian and I leave that job to him or her.” she replied, unconvinced of his skills. She really was unimpressed for the moment, knowing better than to believe that he would get as far as he wanted. She had seen it before- it was just a repeating cycle of pain and torture-- for the humans of course, not her.

She seemed to not even care for his shock or anger.

"Look, I don’t know who you are, where you came from or how the HECK you found out about MY journals, but you’d do kindly to get out of this shack as fast as those legs of yours can carry ya…" Stan growled, snapping from worry and panic back to his standard defence mechanism of anger.

She frowned more when he began getting angry. "Your Journals? I am quite sure you did not write them- they are not yours. Don't claim me so easily." she replied, her tone even. "Or what? You will call the police? Harm me? I'm literally a spiritual embodiment of three books- good luck with that, Sir." she did not mean to be so bitter, but if he wanted to hide behind anger she could do the same exact thing easy.

"Thats exactly it, Child." of course he would figure that out pretty quickly- besides her making it obvious. The Child was really smart, or from what she could perceive he was.

"So, instead of actually reading the book I can just ask you?" He smiled a bit, it wasn’t like he hadn’t read the book a million times yet. Maybe it’d just be easier to ask a person, instead of read a book. 

"Well, yes, um...." She still was not exactly so lenient with her secrets. But despite that the spirit projected one of the pages of the third journal, as well as two from the other journals.

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     ”I’m not going to just give up like that. I can’t,” For a brief moment, he looked at the spirit, before turning his eyes away. Looking at her was as if he were staring at truth, and it was a veracity he did not want to face. “If there’s another way, by all means, show me- but for now, this is all I can do. And doing this uncovers…it uncovers everything," Even he couldn’t understand what secrets the universe had, but these journals, these triumphs and trials- all of this was leading to something big, he knew that much. 

"I'm not saying you should give up- I'm saying you should use that intelligence that you humans apparently have." the book replied. She could not feel sympathy for the boy only because she had seen this before. "You are going down a road that leads to nothing but suffering- and I have a feeling you won't only drag yourself down. Think of it that way- if you cannot think of a better way you could be endangering those close to you too." was she really one to talk about this though? It was not exactly like she personally had not driven people to madness before over the information they learned...

     ”No, that...isn’t true. If Bill wanted me dead, he would take his time. He does things in a way that no one notices. If he wanted me dead, he would take his time-” The realization wasn’t anything superb, but Dipper’s attitude adjusted to the gravity of the situation, Bill was simply biding his time. The boy was too close, and it was becoming a threat. “Look, if I’m not reckless, nothing will get done, and it’ll be like none of this ever happened. I can’t lose everything.” 

The spirit could not say she had dealt with anything like this before- especially since she was only able to talk and move around for about a month now. "You're not an idiot, Child. You know when you are beat. Face the fact of that and then try an approach that will not get you killed or turned into a statue or turned invisible- imagine that. Someone could literally erase your existence- no one would know you existed, but you still would. Do you want to be nothing?" of course that was just an example.

     ”There’s always the chance that if I don’t do anything, someone worse might. Gideon, Bill- we’re all playing some game, and if someone is going to win it I want it to be me.” 

"That boy is in jail and if Cipher really wanted you dead you would have been dead by now." not exactly true, but he probably did not know that. "You're just being reckless."

     ”I do what I have to. It’s not just about being smart. It’s about unlocking the secrets of this town.” 

"But if you die or something even worse happens then how are you going to do anything?"