school: tsuyukusa

[shaft]

tbc

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[shaft]

Just a pillow.

[ He looks a little sick. ]

Nothing to worry about.

[branches]

[Squinting at him.]

Which part are you upset about?

[shaft]

You're not? Upset?

[branches]

I'm upset about a lot of things at any given moment but you normally keep your cool.

[shaft]

Even I have my limits.

[ but thank u... for the compliment ]

That trial was a mess.

[branches]

We did at least manage to find both killers... ostensibly.

But even when we get the right answer it always ends up all weird and fucked up and it never feels like we actually won anything.

[shaft]

Probably because the killers aren't doing it voluntarily.

... Except Caiman, I don't know what the case is with him.

[branches]

I mean he doesn't even remember doing it. I think there's something like, messed up with his head.

[shaft]

Yeah, he...

I wish that there was a way to help him. He's prisoner to his own mind.

[branches]

[Dryly;]

Maybe we should give him another autopsy.

[shaft]

[ He snorts. ]

I think that would just kill him.

[branches]

I mean.... After tomorrow he'll be...

[Already dead.]

[shaft]

... Yeah.

Do you care?

[branches]

.... [Tch.]

It's not like we were friends or anything, but... I feel a little bad for him.

[shaft]

Ohh, so you do care about people.

[ teasing ]

[branches]

[PUFFS UP!!!]

Wh-
[HE CAN'T DENY IT BC OBVIOUSLY HE DOES BUT ALSO HE CAN'T SAY YES BECAUSE TSUNDERE???]

Who wants to know???

[shaft]

It was a statement, not a question.

[ so cute... ]

[branches]

[STOP OR I'LL AGE CLAUDE BY DADZONING HIM FOR REAL!!!]

Hmph. Think whatever you want.
[HE ADMITS NOTHING!!!]

It's my job to protect my forest, so.
[It's just instinct for him to Care.]

[shaft]

Are we...? Your forest in this situation?

[branches]

N-no! I'm just saying it's my nature to protect!! And my forest isn't here, so I'd have nothing else to do otherwise!

[shaft]

If I were a tree, which one would I be? I think I'd be a pine.

[ just totally ignoring his protests ]

[branches]

I guess you could be? A kuromatsu pine. It's a coastal plant so it's resistant to a lot of common contagions. And it helps protect the coastline.

[shaft]

[ his treesona... ]

Oh, that's a good fit! I'm from a coastal city back in Fódlan after all.

[branches]

[Oh my god it is treesona.......]

You'll have to fight Mabel for Pine supremacy, I guess.

[shaft]

[ he can take her ]

What type of tree were you, by the way?