[she knows that too - she knows that she can't take responsibility for someone else's actions. if it wasn't her, then someone else would've wanted to know. and maybe he would've said something regardless anyway.
but she'd done the same thing with akira. she'd told him to share his theory, because she hates secrets, and akira dealt with the brunt of it too.
it makes her wonder if she should say anything at all.]
We're all paying the price for it. That's how the game works.
[It's not just those who press for answers. Those who remain silent must watch, and wonder if they'll be next, and then start to fear. Then they lose trust. And then the game ends, usually, in failure.]
... Back in the castle, there was a trial where... heh. We really fucked up. Three people got sent to the chopping block in a three-way tie. Only of them was the murderer, another got coerced into the bullshit, and then an innocent. And we were one or two people away from losing the ending we wanted.
[his weariness finally has him sit next to her, legs spread out as he sighs and stares directly up at the sky]
I have no shitty clue how we recovered for that. It really felt like that was the end.
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but she'd done the same thing with akira. she'd told him to share his theory, because she hates secrets, and akira dealt with the brunt of it too.
it makes her wonder if she should say anything at all.]
.... right.
It's still... cruel.
[it's still frustrating.]
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We're all paying the price for it. That's how the game works.
[It's not just those who press for answers. Those who remain silent must watch, and wonder if they'll be next, and then start to fear. Then they lose trust. And then the game ends, usually, in failure.]
... Back in the castle, there was a trial where... heh. We really fucked up. Three people got sent to the chopping block in a three-way tie. Only of them was the murderer, another got coerced into the bullshit, and then an innocent. And we were one or two people away from losing the ending we wanted.
[his weariness finally has him sit next to her, legs spread out as he sighs and stares directly up at the sky]
I have no shitty clue how we recovered for that. It really felt like that was the end.