"And that doesn't inspire you to back down?"

"No, why would it?"

"What'd'you need?"

She explains her ambush plan.

"You know, he's not going to get mad at you, he might actually get mad at me."

"Marille did mention he wanted to know who I had helping me, he thought it was her at first."

"And she's too sensible."

"She is. Anyway, this was never intended to get anyone actually hurt, if you think it'll damage your relationship..."

"It'll probably be fine, I'm just wondering what your endgame is, here."

"That is a very good question."

"Had you not thought about it."

"It's fun! I dunno, it was--I dumped glitter on him, he swore revenge, I said I'd top whatever he did--things just sort of. Happened."

"I'm sure! But - are you just going to keep it up forever? Until something goes wrong?"

"...I don't want something to go wrong because of this. Until one of us does something the other can't top without something going wrong, I guess I thought..."

"Seems like a tiny bit of a hard target to hit just right -"

"Yeah. I dunno, I should think about it."

"I am happy to help you with the ambush but I kind of want to know what the bigger plan is here."

"And the answer to that is 'there kind of isn't one yet' and if you want to put this off until there is I'm fine with that."

"Is one going to appear?"

"It's starting to sound like I ought to figure one out."

"Well, lemme know if you need help."

She goes home and thinks about it.

She starts hanging around her sister's vicinity more often and the next time Tyelcormo shows up she catches him in a non-ambush fashion.

"Hey."

"Hey.

So--this thing we're doing? I like it a lot. It's fun. But, like, it is escalating--that's part of the point--and there's only so much it can do that before someone gets hurt. Speaking of which, sorry for stealing your stuff. That--could very easily have crossed a line, even if it didn't. And I was asking for my informant's help setting up my next revenge and they asked me what the endgame was and I realized I didn't know."

"S'fine, I'm not that attached to my stuff. I didn't have an endgame either."