[they reach up to run a hand through her hair, in a however futile attempt to comfort her.]
... It should be, but this place is cruel. [...] The residents here seem to believe that things would be worse if we didn't vote. It may even be that, had we not, Kazuma wouldn't regain his proper sense of mind.
[they don't know for sure.]
He's hurting... so at the very least, we can try and offer him what kindness we can now.
[but there aren't really words clarte can offer to make this better.]
[ the hand does help comfort her, leaning into it with a quiver of her wings. ]
Then... if we didn't vote for him, he might've.. done it again? [ is that what it may mean? she's so uncertain of everything. ] What about if... he hadn't done it? What if he never said he did? And we voted, but he wasn't "guilty"?
Would he.. still be punished? [ it's a hard question, and these answers are hard but, she has to know. she wants to understand. ] Mm.. when I, went to visit him, I helped.. rebandage his hand. And spent some time just talking with him. I.. wish there was more time to.
[ alas, execution happens tomorrow and :ok_hand: ]
[CLARTE DOESN'T HAVE THE EMOTIONAL IQ FOR THIS CONVERSATION HELP]
... I don't know. Perhaps the resident may know these things—but it seems there's still much even they're unaware of. Everything is volatile in a way that's new to them.
[...]
Time can be... very short, sometimes. So much shorter than we'd like. But that's why we have to do as much as we can while we have it.
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... It should be, but this place is cruel. [...] The residents here seem to believe that things would be worse if we didn't vote. It may even be that, had we not, Kazuma wouldn't regain his proper sense of mind.
[they don't know for sure.]
He's hurting... so at the very least, we can try and offer him what kindness we can now.
[but there aren't really words clarte can offer to make this better.]
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Then... if we didn't vote for him, he might've.. done it again? [ is that what it may mean? she's so uncertain of everything. ] What about if... he hadn't done it? What if he never said he did? And we voted, but he wasn't "guilty"?
Would he.. still be punished? [ it's a hard question, and these answers are hard but, she has to know. she wants to understand. ] Mm.. when I, went to visit him, I helped.. rebandage his hand. And spent some time just talking with him. I.. wish there was more time to.
[ alas, execution happens tomorrow and :ok_hand: ]
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... I don't know. Perhaps the resident may know these things—but it seems there's still much even they're unaware of. Everything is volatile in a way that's new to them.
[...]
Time can be... very short, sometimes. So much shorter than we'd like. But that's why we have to do as much as we can while we have it.