[She will look up at him, meet his expression - despite the obvious fact she had been crying, her expression is stern, controlled.]
Please, do not try. [. . .] Just because you've been doubted before doesn't make it right. Everyone deserves to have a person they can put their faith in.
Heh, that's always been Yukio, you know. Ever since we were kids, I was the one sticking up for him when others bullied him. He was always so jumpy, but he smiled around me, you know?
[It's easier to talk about old memories than it is to think about the present.]
He is lucky to have a brother like you, who would stand up for him even in a situation like that. [. . .] And he is so brilliant, to have recognized the signs of carbon monoxide.
No angel of dust for me. Just my shitty luck in life coming back again. It's been like this ever since Dad died, I should've expected something bad to happen eventually.
Susato, I'm a demon. I'm one of the things that goes bump in the night and terrorizes the dreams of little kids. From what I was raised to believe, demons always deserve punishment.
[But he's the one advocating for understanding one-another. He's the one who keeps insisting that people trying to mind their own business shouldn't be seen as a threat. He's the one who says "exorcists save people from demons" rather than "exorcists exorcise demons." Maybe he shouldn't believe he deserves punishment.]
Even if you don't mean to hurt someone, if you do something bad you're supposed to repent for it. This is how I'll repent.
I don't believe that. [Well. Hmm. She considers that.]
I agree that if you do something bad you ought to repent. Wicked people should be punished for their crimes. But. . . I don't think anyone ought to be punished simply for who they are. And I do not believe someone who does something on accident is a wicked person.
Especially when there was someone else that same night who killed someone, who clearly planned it, and who chose a method and a plot calculated to cause damage to a number of people and manipulate their emotions. That person is the person I cannot forgive, not you.
I don't know what will happen tomorrow. But you - if you shouldn't survive, even so, perhaps you will not be lost. Perhaps we will be able to talk to one another again.
[. . .]
That letter from Miss Ulrika . . . if you should find out anything about this despicable person and you have the means to punish them or expose them, that is what I would ask you to do.
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Date: 2021-10-24 02:21 am (UTC)Hey, you haven't been crying over me, have you? You don't gotta do that.
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Date: 2021-10-24 02:22 am (UTC). . . This was so cruel. I'm sorry.
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Date: 2021-10-24 02:26 am (UTC)[He sighs and shifts in place, getting a little more comfortable. This is going to be a long talk, he can feel it.]
It's alright. It's not the first public trial I've been in. They tried to have me executed at the last one too, but I got outta that one just fine.
[He's trying to sound confident, but his words are a bit hollow.]
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Date: 2021-10-24 02:30 am (UTC)[She will look up at him, meet his expression - despite the obvious fact she had been crying, her expression is stern, controlled.]
Please, do not try. [. . .] Just because you've been doubted before doesn't make it right. Everyone deserves to have a person they can put their faith in.
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Date: 2021-10-24 02:34 am (UTC)[It's easier to talk about old memories than it is to think about the present.]
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Date: 2021-10-24 02:40 am (UTC)He is lucky to have a brother like you, who would stand up for him even in a situation like that. [. . .] And he is so brilliant, to have recognized the signs of carbon monoxide.
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Date: 2021-10-24 02:53 am (UTC)[Rin loves his brother so much and will always stan him.]
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Date: 2021-10-24 02:55 am (UTC)[She seems to find this sweet, but it's still quite sad.]
. . . What you said at trial, then. Truly, no angel of dust, as Bertolt said? Only miserable happenstance?
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Date: 2021-10-24 03:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-10-24 03:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-10-24 03:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-10-24 03:44 am (UTC)[She sounds genuinely curious.]
Even though it wasn't your fault, do you feel as though you deserve to bear the punishment?
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Date: 2021-10-24 03:50 am (UTC)[But he's the one advocating for understanding one-another. He's the one who keeps insisting that people trying to mind their own business shouldn't be seen as a threat. He's the one who says "exorcists save people from demons" rather than "exorcists exorcise demons." Maybe he shouldn't believe he deserves punishment.]
Even if you don't mean to hurt someone, if you do something bad you're supposed to repent for it. This is how I'll repent.
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Date: 2021-10-24 03:58 am (UTC)I agree that if you do something bad you ought to repent. Wicked people should be punished for their crimes. But. . . I don't think anyone ought to be punished simply for who they are. And I do not believe someone who does something on accident is a wicked person.
Especially when there was someone else that same night who killed someone, who clearly planned it, and who chose a method and a plot calculated to cause damage to a number of people and manipulate their emotions. That person is the person I cannot forgive, not you.
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Date: 2021-10-24 04:29 am (UTC)[His face tightens up into something a bit more serious.]
You're right. Whoever did that, they were way too cruel. That wasn't just "I have to kill because this game sucks", that was cruelty.
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Date: 2021-10-24 04:38 am (UTC)So, if I could ask a small favor of you. It may be selfish of me, but if you would do this one thing for me. . .
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Date: 2021-10-24 05:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-10-24 11:32 am (UTC)I don't know what will happen tomorrow. But you - if you shouldn't survive, even so, perhaps you will not be lost. Perhaps we will be able to talk to one another again.
[. . .]
That letter from Miss Ulrika . . . if you should find out anything about this despicable person and you have the means to punish them or expose them, that is what I would ask you to do.
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Date: 2021-10-26 01:21 am (UTC)Yeah. I'll look for the answer on that side. And when I find it, I'll send you a letter in a sneaky code so that it gets through.
[The code will be. Obvious. I'm sorry.]