[ Poor thing. At least nothing falls or breaks. He swings forward, coming closer to reach over her head - she's small enough, he doubts she'd ever be in his way. ]
No, though I almost thought you were going to try and climb in there with the thousand li stare you were giving it.
[ He gives her a - I don't know, a bottled drink, if only to give her something to hold in her state. ]
[ Better. He hums absently, acknowledging the apology but reaching in to grab a second one to take for himself. ]
And what do you think of it?
[ They all have a lot on their minds, with everything that's happened, but... he still thinks that those like Hikaru shouldn't have been made to watch Virid's fate. ]
[ this reminder has had to be added to like three of my PCs it's fine ]
He lashed out, that much is obvious, when Pikachu brought the evidence to light. Desperation makes a person do most anything, when they're put into that position. [ A moment, and then he carefully sets his free hand between her shoulders.
Dianxia, she's so small. ]
We don't have all the answers, and I doubt we'll get many from him directly. It very well could have been that he felt he had no other choice.
Yes. [ The answer is immediate, and simple, but he continues in a lower voice. ] If this is a competition... then I just have to get rid of everyone else, right?
A person doesn't say things like that if they don't intend to fight to the end.
[She stares down at the bottle in her hands, before gently closing the fridge door with the weight of her back, letting it thud behind her as she rocks back on her heels.]
I... I really hate that, Hua-chan.
Not that he was scared, or even that he thought that was the right choice, but... that he had to treat us all as enemies... or that he felt he has no other choice but to do horrible things...
I... hate that he had to be forced here with that kind of fear in his heart.
[ There is no true comfort that Hua Cheng can give to that, not really. It's the reality that the day brought them, the worst of humanity - desperation and bloodshed and cruelty - and there are simply people unprepared to face it, unwilling to, just as much as there are people, well. Like him.
But he sighs softly. ]
Some are more willing to face that choice than others; some have already come here with blood on their hands, so the choice is a terrible one, but perhaps a necessary one.
Many, throughout the day, were wondering if the person who killed Hajime was in their right mind. Maybe he was, maybe he wasn't. But it was regardless cruel of whatever force in this place made it necessary to carry out.
You can hate that, Hikaru. You should always hate that.
[Her jaw sets, staying quiet until Hua Cheng finishes, before looking up at him with a stubborn, regretful fire in her eyes.]
I can't accept that any of that was necessary, Hua-chan. For someone like Hajime-chan or Pikachu to die...
It's cruel, and sad, and unfair. Maybe Virid-kun's reasons were understandable. I want to know them. I... want to understand him, and where his heart led him.
But I'm not going to believe that any of it was necessary.
[ A little laugh escapes Hua Cheng, but it's almost wry. ]
Everything that happened today, yesterday, was unnecessary and unkind. Ugly. Pikachu's death could have been avoided, if only someone had acted before Virid did. Hajime was innocent, and I've heard no one say a single thing against the kind of person she was.
But you can believe these truths with all of your heart, Hikaru, and it will not change that someone else's truth - that Virid's truth, maybe - is that it was necessary.
[ But he leans back against the fridge with her, angling himself down so that he can keep her gaze and be closer to her level. ]
Do not let go of your belief as it is now. So long as you have it, you'll not lose sight of right or wrong. You may be able to find a third path.
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WHY DID I NEVER REPLY TO THIS OH NO
A-ah, Hua-chan...!
Sorry, I got kinda distracted... Am I in the way?
LMAO IT'S OK I WOULD WAIT FOREVER!!
No, though I almost thought you were going to try and climb in there with the thousand li stare you were giving it.
[ He gives her a - I don't know, a bottled drink, if only to give her something to hold in her state. ]
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...
Her fingers twist against the glass anxiously.]
I... had a lot on my mind, I guess... about Virid-kun, and everything he did...
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And what do you think of it?
[ They all have a lot on their minds, with everything that's happened, but... he still thinks that those like Hikaru shouldn't have been made to watch Virid's fate. ]
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I don't understand, I guess. Why... why would he be so desperate that he'd do something like that? Why Hajime-chan?? [Her face tightens.] Why Pikachu?
Why couldn't he just talk to us?
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He lashed out, that much is obvious, when Pikachu brought the evidence to light. Desperation makes a person do most anything, when they're put into that position. [ A moment, and then he carefully sets his free hand between her shoulders.
Dianxia, she's so small. ]
We don't have all the answers, and I doubt we'll get many from him directly. It very well could have been that he felt he had no other choice.
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[Something coldly familiar clenches at her heart, stiffening her expression, quieting her voice.]
Do you think he was frightened, Hua-chan? Of... what would happen if he might lose?
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A person doesn't say things like that if they don't intend to fight to the end.
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[She stares down at the bottle in her hands, before gently closing the fridge door with the weight of her back, letting it thud behind her as she rocks back on her heels.]
I... I really hate that, Hua-chan.
Not that he was scared, or even that he thought that was the right choice, but... that he had to treat us all as enemies... or that he felt he has no other choice but to do horrible things...
I... hate that he had to be forced here with that kind of fear in his heart.
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But he sighs softly. ]
Some are more willing to face that choice than others; some have already come here with blood on their hands, so the choice is a terrible one, but perhaps a necessary one.
Many, throughout the day, were wondering if the person who killed Hajime was in their right mind. Maybe he was, maybe he wasn't. But it was regardless cruel of whatever force in this place made it necessary to carry out.
You can hate that, Hikaru. You should always hate that.
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I can't accept that any of that was necessary, Hua-chan. For someone like Hajime-chan or Pikachu to die...
It's cruel, and sad, and unfair. Maybe Virid-kun's reasons were understandable. I want to know them. I... want to understand him, and where his heart led him.
But I'm not going to believe that any of it was necessary.
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Everything that happened today, yesterday, was unnecessary and unkind. Ugly. Pikachu's death could have been avoided, if only someone had acted before Virid did. Hajime was innocent, and I've heard no one say a single thing against the kind of person she was.
But you can believe these truths with all of your heart, Hikaru, and it will not change that someone else's truth - that Virid's truth, maybe - is that it was necessary.
[ But he leans back against the fridge with her, angling himself down so that he can keep her gaze and be closer to her level. ]
Do not let go of your belief as it is now. So long as you have it, you'll not lose sight of right or wrong. You may be able to find a third path.