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[well.
belph has no idea how to say, "because i'm such a horribly self-destructive person that there is really no value for you to be in my presence, so why don't we just spare the both of us, among other reasons." technically, he could just say that, but he won't.]
Well, you know.
Reasons.
belph has no idea how to say, "because i'm such a horribly self-destructive person that there is really no value for you to be in my presence, so why don't we just spare the both of us, among other reasons." technically, he could just say that, but he won't.]
Well, you know.
Reasons.
[After a second, with a sigh - she sits down, patting the spot next to her. If he's going to stay here, he can at least not stand here awkwardly.]
[She definitely is looking for him! And when she finds him in here, and notices what he's looking at...]
You think we're going to be able to talk to them, now?
You think we're going to be able to talk to them, now?
Well... That's good, at least.
[Even if it doesn't make up for, uh, all of this.]
[Even if it doesn't make up for, uh, all of this.]
[After a few moments:]
You figured from the start?
You figured from the start?
...It just doesn't seem like most other people bet on it from the start, I guess.
[he shrugs, though there's something desperate in the gesture.]
What can I say? I'm not even that surprised it was him, since he was never well-liked. If there's anything that maybe does surprise me, it's that it wasn't me, but for all we know, maybe I was the original target and he died to protect me, since we have zero idea what happened!
[...]
At this point, we'll probably never know, unless someone feels like confessing down the line. So there isn't anything left to do but just... accept it.
What can I say? I'm not even that surprised it was him, since he was never well-liked. If there's anything that maybe does surprise me, it's that it wasn't me, but for all we know, maybe I was the original target and he died to protect me, since we have zero idea what happened!
[...]
At this point, we'll probably never know, unless someone feels like confessing down the line. So there isn't anything left to do but just... accept it.
...This isn’t on you. It’s on whoever did this.
[In case there’s any guilt about the possibility that he might have been protecting him.]
[In case there’s any guilt about the possibility that he might have been protecting him.]
...I don't think so. You know how everyone was talking about how it seemed like whoever did this is from the team who won?
So... We've got it narrowed down that far, at least.
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