"I'm sure that you are upset and sad that you didn't get to taste fame and adoration." Johnny smirked. He was actually quite sure that Mary was glad that she didn't have to deal with any of that.
He listened as she explained what she thought was going on, and his heart sank that her ideas were the same as his. He didn't know why, but he had been hoping that her insights would be different, or that maybe they'd actually gotten some kind of confirmation about why it was happening.
"No. Same ideas as you, really. I'm leaning toward that second one. Testing the effects of us not being together." He paused, thinking. "Though that dissent in the ranks thing sounds pretty plausible, too."