... I did. We each had a stance on something we refused to budge on, but in the end, only one decision could be made... so once we had formed our groups, we fought each other.
[ She closes her eyes. ]
I'm not proud of it... and I'm glad I was defeated. I lost sight of what was really important before that happened.
[...but okay. he'll move back to whisper in her ear. sort of. it takes a few moments to think of how to phrase it...or maybe it's more actually bringing himself to say the words.]
I regret not finding a way to save Nishijima-sensei before I went back to Earth.
[oh. okay. he will let that happen even if he's mindful of her injuries. it's touch week, so his hand rests on her arm because he's not sure what to do but also it's a thing that happens.]
That can't happen here. We've already lost more people than we should have, and we're going to lose more if we don't figure something out. This wasn't how the future was supposed to go.
We need to figure out why two people killed one person and neither of them spoke up. [this is apparently now more important than what he just told her, so he's doing what he's good at and shoving it away to unpack later.]
How are we supposed to understand each other better then if people aren't talking to each other? [he says, hypocritically.] There has to be something else.
Unless this whole thing was meant to lure out a killer? Like getting somebody to say "I regret killing Lan Wangji."
When I talked to Sally about those papers I told you about, she said she couldn't discuss them as much because nobody's bought them from her yet. Do you think you or somebody from Summer could help her out?
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[ She closes her eyes. ]
I'm not proud of it... and I'm glad I was defeated. I lost sight of what was really important before that happened.
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But things worked out after that? Are they any better?
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[ She smiles, a little tiredly. ]
It's a long story.
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[...but.] Guess it's my turn?
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... Maybe Thursday morning, if we're to really be bracing ourselves?
[ But she smiles, encouragingly. ]
Whenever you're ready, Taichi-kun.
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[...but okay. he'll move back to whisper in her ear. sort of. it takes a few moments to think of how to phrase it...or maybe it's more actually bringing himself to say the words.]
I regret not finding a way to save Nishijima-sensei before I went back to Earth.
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... We don't need to talk about that if you'd rather not. [ Let's. Just say that first thing. ]
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[which is his first thing, and why he's avoided talking about it, period.]
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[ ... ah. ]
It seems like you've been through a lot.
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I don't...regret what happened to lead to that. Even if he's mad at me for it. But everything else is...
["hard, I guess." sometimes you are seventeen and have a mass amount of survivor's guilt to juggle.]
...I wanted to try to save all of us. It just didn't work out that way.
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[ She pauses, then gently reaches out an arm to tug Taichi into a loose hug. ]
It's never as simple as we want it to be. Even when we want to save everyone...
[ They can't. She knows that, three times over. ]
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That can't happen here. We've already lost more people than we should have, and we're going to lose more if we don't figure something out. This wasn't how the future was supposed to go.
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... There's still more to this that we don't understand. We just need to figure out how we uncover it and then how to use it to our advantage.
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We need to figure out why two people killed one person and neither of them spoke up. [this is apparently now more important than what he just told her, so he's doing what he's good at and shoving it away to unpack later.]
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Well. He'll talk about it when he's ready, maybe. ]
I feel as though there's something we're missing. Or we just don't understand each other all that well.
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Unless this whole thing was meant to lure out a killer? Like getting somebody to say "I regret killing Lan Wangji."
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... I'm starting to wonder if maybe people can't talk about things, though.
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What do you think would cause them to not be able to though? Someone thought maybe that's why Hanayagi wouldn't talk but I'm not so sure now.
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Even if there's risks, isn't it more important for all of us to get out of this alive? There has to be a way around it.
[and now that she knows what he regrets maybe it makes more sense why he's so insistent on figuring things out. wild.]
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We're already learning more than we knew when we first arrived here, after all.
[ oh, honey. ]
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...oh, I meant to ask you. How many vouchers do you have right now?
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[ A nod. Yeah, that sounds right. ]
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[ if only Thursday didn't kill Otome on a mental level ]
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