[That, at least, she says outright, and her gaze returns to the fire as Dazai lets go of her.]
...and I do not believe that anyone here wants to kill anyone. We are all simply... bound by this place's awful rules. [...] But I certainly could not blame anyone who did not see it that way.
I know. I won't hold it against you if you did kill. Between certain things being set in motion to guarantee a kill each week and that we all have someone we want to save here. It's easier for the others to swallow if they find the culprit, while I just want to know what's really going on.
...Dimitri? He certainly had nothing to do with her death.
[That is, perhaps, not what he was getting at.]
Well... finding a culprit is a part of knowing what is really going on, is it not? But I do think that today was... I suspect there was meant to be more at stake than simply identifying a killer.
Still, if it would have brought everyone some measure of peace... I wish that we had.
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[That, at least, she says outright, and her gaze returns to the fire as Dazai lets go of her.]
...and I do not believe that anyone here wants to kill anyone. We are all simply... bound by this place's awful rules. [...] But I certainly could not blame anyone who did not see it that way.
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[ Since she could say it outright there. ]
I know. I won't hold it against you if you did kill. Between certain things being set in motion to guarantee a kill each week and that we all have someone we want to save here. It's easier for the others to swallow if they find the culprit, while I just want to know what's really going on.
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[That is, perhaps, not what he was getting at.]
Well... finding a culprit is a part of knowing what is really going on, is it not? But I do think that today was... I suspect there was meant to be more at stake than simply identifying a killer.
Still, if it would have brought everyone some measure of peace... I wish that we had.