...I was thinking about that. How he was always being really annoying saying the truth was more important than anything. And in the last thing I was in, I thought I finally kind of understood, because if we didn't get the true culprit, then we'd be punishing someone who didn't do anything wrong.
But then today... I don't know if it was a good thing, finding that truth.
... Emotionally? No. [she says, after a long moment.] It didn't feel good, figuring it out. And it won't. It'll continue to not feel good, and most times, it probably won't be the right choice morally.
But the thing is about these places is you have to play along. [...] You have to play a part, until you don't. So, right now, the truth is that we have to find the people who dealt the killing blow.
Because that's the only constant. If we try to vote based on who we think might have started it, based on vague evidence - we have no idea if that's right. It gets all uh, mixed up, and people's opinions and biases get in the way, and then we end up doing something worse.
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Yeah.
...It doesn't feel great being a prosecutor here.
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[she smooths his hair back a little.]
Miles had the same problem. It's uh, it's more like a witch hunt than a trial.
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[ he frowns, looking down at the floor. ]
...I was thinking about that. How he was always being really annoying saying the truth was more important than anything. And in the last thing I was in, I thought I finally kind of understood, because if we didn't get the true culprit, then we'd be punishing someone who didn't do anything wrong.
But then today... I don't know if it was a good thing, finding that truth.
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... Emotionally? No. [she says, after a long moment.] It didn't feel good, figuring it out. And it won't. It'll continue to not feel good, and most times, it probably won't be the right choice morally.
But the thing is about these places is you have to play along. [...] You have to play a part, until you don't. So, right now, the truth is that we have to find the people who dealt the killing blow.
Because that's the only constant. If we try to vote based on who we think might have started it, based on vague evidence - we have no idea if that's right. It gets all uh, mixed up, and people's opinions and biases get in the way, and then we end up doing something worse.