[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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[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?