I know. You were bein' a good friend. Stinks that he wouldn't do the same for you.
I get why he would've hated Taky and me and plenty of others, but... bringin' you into it like that when you wanted to help him, and doing what he did to a sweet kid like Whisper... I can't wrap my head around that.
He didn't bring me into anything. I asked him to, remember?
[ He demanded it, more like. Pressured him, backed him into a wall, because he believed that wasting three needles is more than worth it if it meant saving Adlet from the inevitable fate of the last half hour of trial scramble where we have no clue who did what but one guy is just a little bit suspicious so we all dogpile and scapegoat him. He's seen it happen. ]
At the very least... don't hold that against him. You can be mad at me instead. [ but like. don't be mad at him, because he was right and therefore justified. ]
He had every right to be upset about what happened last week. It wasn't fair. Nobody liked what happened, but it was still something we chose, for better or worse, and some of us bear more responsibility for it than others. If he'd come after me, I'd have said he was justified.
But Whisper had nothing to do with it. He put her through all of that just to hurt someone else. I never in a million years imagined he'd do something like that.
I didn't know it going in, but by the end of the trial last week, I was pretty sure Taky was the one responsible for Foxy's death, and we had some strong evidence that Hans wasn't involved in anything.
I kept quiet about that and voted for Hans anyway, 'cause if I didn't, I knew Taky was gonna be the one on the chopping block. I'd seen how much he cared about his team and all the kids here, and how he was ready to put himself at risk for their sakes — he did most of the planning when we tried to bust M&M out of jail way back when. I trusted that if he'd killed someone, there was a good reason for it, and I trusted that he'd keep workin' hard to help everyone if he got another chance. I didn't have that same trust in Hans, even if he was innocent in this case, so I let him take the fall instead.
Felt like a hypocritical piece of crap, but that was the choice I made. It wasn't a fair one, so both Hans and Adlet would've had every right to hate me.
[ Taky... Taky...? Reigen? There's no way. Hanako mouths the words silently, only half listening to Datz. There's absolutely no way. With Yae Miko's death? No way. ]
[ ...ah. somehow he kind of thought hanako would have already suspected this. maybe he should have left this to reigen to tell him himself.
... ]
She was the one who tried to kill him that night. Used that book to try to make him shoot himself. He did that whole crazy thing with the kennel because he didn't wanna kill her — he thought if he could just lock her somewhere until morning, then no one would have to die at all. But she got out and went after him again even madder than before, so... he ended up stabbing her so he wouldn't be the one to die.
[ NO HE DID NOT KNOW but the explanation, if anything, calms him down. like yeah, that makes sense. Hanako had exchanged a total of 0 words with Yae Miko but did not trust her solely on the account of what she is. Her being out to kill makes perfect sense, he doesn't question that at all. ]
I didn't know... I hope he's okay.
[ a self defense kill... and he couldn't say anything about it, because people will point fingers and assign him blame regardless. that must be eating him up inside something awful. ]
[ it sucks so much because neither reigen or hans deserved to die for that but this city's justice system is a bad joke.
he gives his hand a squeeze. ]
It's been a pretty tough and complicated situation, yeah, but he's got some support, and he's been gettin' through it. He's blaming himself really bad for what happened to Whisper, though. It's not his fault, but I'd feel the same way in his shoes.
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[ remedies aren't going to help with either of those, but at least hanako's in the hospital already, so if he doesn't want it, it's probably fine. ]
...Sorry things ended up like they did. I know you really wanted to believe in him. I always liked him a lot too.
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[ But it made him feel better, that stupid optimism. ]
...I thought I was helping him out.
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I get why he would've hated Taky and me and plenty of others, but... bringin' you into it like that when you wanted to help him, and doing what he did to a sweet kid like Whisper... I can't wrap my head around that.
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[ He demanded it, more like. Pressured him, backed him into a wall, because he believed that wasting three needles is more than worth it if it meant saving Adlet from the inevitable fate of the last half hour of trial scramble where we have no clue who did what but one guy is just a little bit suspicious so we all dogpile and scapegoat him. He's seen it happen. ]
At the very least... don't hold that against him. You can be mad at me instead. [ but like. don't be mad at him, because he was right and therefore justified. ]
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Did you hear any of the stuff he said after that? About why he killed her and everything?
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Not from him directly. Just bits and pieces from others.
[ he's sort of ): about all of it, tbh ]
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He had every right to be upset about what happened last week. It wasn't fair. Nobody liked what happened, but it was still something we chose, for better or worse, and some of us bear more responsibility for it than others. If he'd come after me, I'd have said he was justified.
But Whisper had nothing to do with it. He put her through all of that just to hurt someone else. I never in a million years imagined he'd do something like that.
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[ How would that be justified?! He's going to almost tear his IV out turning to face Datz so quickly ]
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[ puts a hand on his arm. ]
I didn't know it going in, but by the end of the trial last week, I was pretty sure Taky was the one responsible for Foxy's death, and we had some strong evidence that Hans wasn't involved in anything.
I kept quiet about that and voted for Hans anyway, 'cause if I didn't, I knew Taky was gonna be the one on the chopping block. I'd seen how much he cared about his team and all the kids here, and how he was ready to put himself at risk for their sakes — he did most of the planning when we tried to bust M&M out of jail way back when. I trusted that if he'd killed someone, there was a good reason for it, and I trusted that he'd keep workin' hard to help everyone if he got another chance. I didn't have that same trust in Hans, even if he was innocent in this case, so I let him take the fall instead.
Felt like a hypocritical piece of crap, but that was the choice I made. It wasn't a fair one, so both Hans and Adlet would've had every right to hate me.
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Reigen... killed her...? No...
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She was the one who tried to kill him that night. Used that book to try to make him shoot himself. He did that whole crazy thing with the kennel because he didn't wanna kill her — he thought if he could just lock her somewhere until morning, then no one would have to die at all. But she got out and went after him again even madder than before, so... he ended up stabbing her so he wouldn't be the one to die.
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I didn't know... I hope he's okay.
[ a self defense kill... and he couldn't say anything about it, because people will point fingers and assign him blame regardless. that must be eating him up inside something awful. ]
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he gives his hand a squeeze. ]
It's been a pretty tough and complicated situation, yeah, but he's got some support, and he's been gettin' through it. He's blaming himself really bad for what happened to Whisper, though. It's not his fault, but I'd feel the same way in his shoes.
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[ He gets that too. Even if she wasn't killed by his own hand, she still died because of him. It's such a shitty situation. ]
Let's cheer him up together next week. I'll think of something.
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...Yeah, that sounds nice. Let's do it.