I don't know who would, or why. It doesn't make any sense, from where she ended up, to the fact that it should be impossible to die twice. Years and years of life and I can't come up with one reason.
[ there's a lot of frustration in that, coiled up. ]
It isn't your fault. We were -- we were right there with her, and she slipped out somehow. And ended up dead.
[ So he's got his own sort of frustration -- not so much in the sense that he could've done something, but more in the way that he doesn't know how or what could've happened. ]
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That girl... [ he sighs, rubbing his forehead again. a beat. ] I take this to mean you all passed out as well?
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But if the doors were open she would have woken us up? I'm not a heavy sleeper, I wouldn't have slept so well during...
[ Well, nevermind. ]
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... Then it must mean that however we fell asleep, it was through some sort of heavy drug or magic. She must not have been able to.
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I don't like that...
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It would bother me regardless, but her death specifically doesn't sit well with me.
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No?
[ He agrees but he's curious on why Jiaoqiu would say so. ]
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jiaoqiu doesn't seem to mind, and if anything, the presence of someone tall, dark, and untalkative puts him at ease. ]
She was from Hell. If we think there was foul play at work, it seems too coincidental to look past.
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You're not the first to say so.
[ He sounds hesitant though like he finds this hard to believe. ]
But who would do that...
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[ he rubs at his face. ]
I don't know who would, or why. It doesn't make any sense, from where she ended up, to the fact that it should be impossible to die twice. Years and years of life and I can't come up with one reason.
[ there's a lot of frustration in that, coiled up. ]
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[ Offered, mutely. ]
It isn't your fault. We were -- we were right there with her, and she slipped out somehow. And ended up dead.
[ So he's got his own sort of frustration -- not so much in the sense that he could've done something, but more in the way that he doesn't know how or what could've happened. ]
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[ except for her murderer but it's fine ]
I find it a little irresponsible to leave us in the dark like this, though. This is the sort of thing that causes panic.
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I think they are trying to figure it out. It says they are away.
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[ frustrated again!! a beat. ]
... I'm being unfair. I'm sure they're doing what they can.
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...
I'm not unused to people around me dying at a moment's notice, but this is... different.
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[ he glances at marcoh, though. or like, around marcoh's general direction. ]
It doesn't seem like it should happen in a place called paradise. I'm sorry that it is something you're familiar with.
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[ What COULD he have done? ]
There were lots of street gangs where I was from. It wasn't unusual to learn someone had died overnight.
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[ but he should've been! ]
That sounds similar to a battlefield. I suppose they aren't far off.
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I didn't go, but I've known plenty of men who did.
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Did you want to go?
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[ Hell no. ]
I had someone I had to take care of. I had no interest in fighting their battles.
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Who, if I may be so bold as to ask?
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My sister.
[ A little awkwardly. ]
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You don't need to tell me anything else, if you don't want to.
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