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...I can't imagine you were a poor friend to her. You are a strongly loyal person.
Thanks, but... I don't know.
I really wanted to be there for her once Kazunari was gone, but I... could never really get the image of her from the end of the execution out of my head. I didn't reach out to her as much as I should have after that... because I was just kind of uncomfortable, I guess.
I really wanted to be there for her once Kazunari was gone, but I... could never really get the image of her from the end of the execution out of my head. I didn't reach out to her as much as I should have after that... because I was just kind of uncomfortable, I guess.
Oh. I always thought she was strange and offputting, either very spineless or very unpleasant with little unbetween. [she just says this about a dead girl so casually.]
...I suppose I can see that.
[she does sound like she means that genuinely.]
[she does sound like she means that genuinely.]
I doubt she was. She was usually smart enough to make plans with someone.
Yeah... that's true...
[ he will definitely keep hoping that was the case this week too.
sigh. ]
I hate that we couldn't even see the scene long enough to be able to get any ideas about what happened. W-when I did this before, we could at least see what kind of position the victim was in and what the state of the room was, so even if we couldn't investigate until the next day, we could at least think about stuff a little...
[ he will definitely keep hoping that was the case this week too.
sigh. ]
I hate that we couldn't even see the scene long enough to be able to get any ideas about what happened. W-when I did this before, we could at least see what kind of position the victim was in and what the state of the room was, so even if we couldn't investigate until the next day, we could at least think about stuff a little...
[bleh. once trial is over, she can be found doing some weird shit like wandering the floor and counting every single brick or something.]
...Hello Sebastian.
...Hello Sebastian.
Hey.
[ he has changed into pants that don't have ice cream on them and will now join her in wandering. he doesn't seem to be an emotional mess like usual, he's just kind of tired and disappointed. ]
I hate how we keep not finding things until the last minute.
[ he has changed into pants that don't have ice cream on them and will now join her in wandering. he doesn't seem to be an emotional mess like usual, he's just kind of tired and disappointed. ]
I hate how we keep not finding things until the last minute.
I know. But we do have so little time. It's - it's something that has been reiterated to me many times. It is not enough time to be assured in solving it.
I don't think there can be much surprise about this outcome. It may have happened this way even if we'd found the culprits in time. But it is frustrating.
I don't think it's bad. [she sighs heavily.] People here who murder out of their own free will are in a different category to those who were possessed by shadows. We're deluding ourselves if we ignore that.
Yeah, exactly!
[ he's also still mad about hua cheng lecturing him at the meeting last week, and that has a non-zero influence on these feelings, but he'll keep that part to himself. ]
Even if the circumstances were bad, he still chose to kill someone for some stupid revenge. That's the kind of crime I'd prosecute back home.
[ he's also still mad about hua cheng lecturing him at the meeting last week, and that has a non-zero influence on these feelings, but he'll keep that part to himself. ]
Even if the circumstances were bad, he still chose to kill someone for some stupid revenge. That's the kind of crime I'd prosecute back home.
I'm not sure he was being honest, entirely. He told me it was primarily for the sake of his hostage.
...It was still a cruel thing. To look at Sylvain, who had done something he had no control over and was not aware of, and to decide 'I can tolerate this death.'
Y-yeah...
[ it was jarring to find that out about sylvain this way, and, selfishly, he can't help feeling a little hurt by it. but as long as it was a shadow, it wasn't his fault... and even if sheila hadn't come back after her execution, she wasn't any less guilty than he was, so it wasn't like with diluc and bucky. ]
How did he even find out?
[ it was jarring to find that out about sylvain this way, and, selfishly, he can't help feeling a little hurt by it. but as long as it was a shadow, it wasn't his fault... and even if sheila hadn't come back after her execution, she wasn't any less guilty than he was, so it wasn't like with diluc and bucky. ]
How did he even find out?
I don't know, honestly. But the rumor it had been Sylvain was circulating during the week prior to his death. Yuri brought it to my attention. I didn't know whether the rumor was correct until trial.
I'm sure they didn't want it spread for reasons Hua Cheng proved quite nicely.
[she's sitting in the lobby, trying to avoid anywhere with portraits or shadows.]
...They're gone. But I think they're okay.
...They're gone. But I think they're okay.
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