[ Claude actually looks like he doesn't really want to be here, and it's not hard to tell why, when there's an obvious well of sorrow as soon as he looks at her.
He hasn't changed out of his clothes since Catra scratched him. The dunce cap is still on. ]
Catra...
[ Hm, what exactly do you say to someone who just watched the love of their life die? ]
[it's only when he speaks that she moves, tilting her head to the side to regard him. she looks like. . . well. a mess!! she also hasn't changed, and she's disheveled and her face is still damp with tear streaks that matt down her fur]
. . .
Hey.
[she tries to be casual, but-- there's guilt when she sees him. after all. . . she did scratch him up a ton when he was trying to keep her from hurting Otome]
[none aggression!! she isn't trying to force him out!! she does tense a bit when he approaches, but that's due to the guilt. and then he flicks an ear. . . and she just]
I'm pretty Otome, Taichi and Beau are all blaming themselves, so you can fight out who gets that honour with them. Even though I think it's pretty stupid.
[ His voice is fairly dull when he says this. ]
We're all just trapped here, playing by the rules of this game whether we want to or not.
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He hasn't changed out of his clothes since Catra scratched him. The dunce cap is still on. ]
Catra...
[ Hm, what exactly do you say to someone who just watched the love of their life die? ]
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[it's only when he speaks that she moves, tilting her head to the side to regard him. she looks like. . . well. a mess!! she also hasn't changed, and she's disheveled and her face is still damp with tear streaks that matt down her fur]
. . .
Hey.
[she tries to be casual, but-- there's guilt when she sees him. after all. . . she did scratch him up a ton when he was trying to keep her from hurting Otome]
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Carefully, he flicks one of her ears. ]
Hey. [ ... ] I'm sorry, for what happened in there.
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[stares at him, now confused]
. . .
I attacked you?
[WHY IS HE SAYING SORRY!!]
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[ He didn't really Love that. ]
But I'm not going to rub that in your face after you had something like that happened to you.
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. . .
Yeah, well. . . I brought most of it on myself, I think.
[SOMETIMES YOU ARE FULL OF SELF-LOATHING AND THINK EVERYTHING BAD THAT HAPPENS TO YOU IS YOUR FAULT]
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[ His voice is fairly dull when he says this. ]
We're all just trapped here, playing by the rules of this game whether we want to or not.
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It's terrible, isn't it? How-- everything we do feels like it's part of some stupid script.
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[ ... ]
Though to be honest, I don't even care. I'll take what I can get.
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[she draws one leg up and rests her chin atop her knee]
I just want to go home.
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Yeah. We'll get you there. Hugo and Annie's items... I don't think death is the end here.
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Everyone sounds so sure about that.
[she can't bring herself to believe it. not yet]
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[ Anyway, he's going to abruptly change the subject. ]
Why did you kill Byleth?
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[. . .]
You don't believe what I said before? That I did it just because I could?
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[ He shrugs. ]
Maybe you don't even know yourself.
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[she looks away]
. . .
Yeah, well. Maybe I don't.
[said quietly]
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... I don't blame you for it.
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For-- what, killing Byleth? Or not understanding who I am?
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[a flick of her tail, and she falls silent for a moment]
[. . .]
I thought. . . [. . .] I thought it'd be more cruel to make Byleth keep murdering when she didn't want to.
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Being trapped in a situation that you can't get out of is a terrible thing. Whether it's your own doing or someone else's.
I don't think Byleth wanted to die, but we had no guarantees that she wouldn't keep killing people.
... I would've killed her too.
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[. . .]
[she says nothing, but clearly-- she's surprised]
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Does that make you angry?