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[osreborn]

(555 - 888 - 3010)

"Norman Osborn. If you're calling about a job interview, hang up now and call [ business phone number ]. Otherwise stay on the line and leave a message. I'll get back to you when I can."

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[osreborn]

Oh, I know about that.

Rather, I've heard.

[enigmaestro]

And yet you still play coy. Even to me? Even on my birthday?

Hardly magnanimous of you.

[osreborn]

What is it you want me to tell you, Nygma?

People have secret identities for a reason. Not mine to give.

[enigmaestro]

Given your lack of outrage over the public event (one observed by not a mere few citizens), I've already deduced that you know the individual.

Know and, perhaps, enabled. But that last bit is more difficult to prove, isn't it?

[osreborn]

Almost impossible to prove, I'd say. Even if said individual claimed as much, they could easily be lying.

It hasn't been my title in a long time.

[enigmaestro]

Which doesn't make you any less possessive. You wouldn't take this so calmly if the variable, if that Green Goblin was wholly alien.

[osreborn]

Do you have a suspect?

[enigmaestro]

The culprit would be limited to the pool of people you have impressive control over.

How deep must one wade?

[osreborn]

One wonders.

Why is this so important to you?

[enigmaestro]

Because, Norman. Your legacy has meaning to me.

I am, after all, the one who exposed you in this universe.

[osreborn]

Meaning to just you, or should I be concerned where this information is going?

[enigmaestro]

You're not the only possessive one between the two of us, Norman. You needn't worry.

[osreborn]

Just checking. Can't be too careful, you know.

[ Or too paranoid. ]

You're welcome to riddle it out if you like.

[enigmaestro]

I don't riddle according to your permission, Norman. A truth you must regret, surely.

[osreborn]

It was an offer. I know how you feel about free answers.

[enigmaestro]

Every Rose has its thorn.

But then we'd be getting a bit Freudian with the phallic symbolism, wouldn't we?

[osreborn]

Only if you squint. It doesn't really matter to me what she does with her accessories.

[enigmaestro]

Are you courting falsehoods intentionally?

[osreborn]

You like it, don't you?

[enigmaestro]

I much prefer taunting you about this matter, regardless of your attempts to evade. You're edging back into their game, Norman.

[osreborn]

No. I'm edging them back into mine.

[enigmaestro]

Do you ever wonder what your hubris causes for you? Honest query.

[osreborn]

Honest or not, that seems like a trick question.

[enigmaestro]

What sort of question isn't a trick question?

[osreborn]

The sort I'd give a straight answer to.