he makes his way over, and comes to lean against the bars. ]
...These must have been the longest few days of your life. [ which isn't going to last much longer! god!!! ] ... If you'd like to talk, I'd still like to listen.
...I think it can. [ the way she burst into tears at the end there was not lost on him for a second. ] It is the sort of thing we're always taught, but beyond that... you had to listen to many of us discuss what could have happened, all day, while living with the reality of what did. That is a heavy weight to bear.
And many of us postulated on things that were quite cruel. Myself included. [ himself included. then again, his picture of the story is always the cynical one - so rare is it a story like the one mika started to tell, at the end. so rare is it just an accident. a mistake. a sweet girl who didnt know that people die when they are killed. ]
I am sorry, Mika. That this happened, from start to end. [ ... ] I would like to hear those details, or - at least expand on the ones you've already given me.
[ she's quiet for a bit, torn between the impulse to argue and the desperation to latch onto his words comfort. it's reassuring to hear someone say it, even if she can't believe it.
but she decides that arguing doesn't really seem like a good use of either of their time, and so she nods. ]
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Temenos.
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he makes his way over, and comes to lean against the bars. ]
...These must have been the longest few days of your life. [ which isn't going to last much longer! god!!! ] ... If you'd like to talk, I'd still like to listen.
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...I think it can. [ the way she burst into tears at the end there was not lost on him for a second. ] It is the sort of thing we're always taught, but beyond that... you had to listen to many of us discuss what could have happened, all day, while living with the reality of what did. That is a heavy weight to bear.
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I am sorry, Mika. That this happened, from start to end. [ ... ] I would like to hear those details, or - at least expand on the ones you've already given me.
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I... don't know what else to say. I don't know... Um... What do you want to know?
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[ among other things, but, if she needs a little guidance, he can ask a question. gentle and quiet as always. ]
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...you really can't kill someone when they're shot, can you? ...In your world.
[ please dont fundamentally misunderstand how guns work ]
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Except for Sensei.
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[ considering they're all nerfed. he says this gently, though, and doesn't linger on it. sensei again... ]
Your Sensei. [ this poor girl. ] Is there anything you would want to say to them?
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[ well, ]
That I'm sorry I wasted another chance and I'm sorry for being a bad girl.
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weh. he leans back a bit against the bars, and if there's enough space, he slides his hand to gently cover hers even in cuffs. ]
...From what you've told me of them, I imagine they would forgive you, Mika.
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But they shouldn't. Not this many times.
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Oh? And are you the one who gets to decide that you're undeserving of someone else's forgiveness?
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it's not an unfamiliar feeling, not really. ] We can only ask for absolution from others. It cannot be forced, one way or the other.
I did mean what I said. I don't believe you're bad, Mika.
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but she decides that arguing doesn't really seem like a good use of either of their time, and so she nods. ]
I don't want to be, anyway.