[not again] catchall for sanji

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I can do that.

[...time to get started on the vegetables! She goes very slowly, so as to make sure the vegetables are cut evenly.]

[concasse]

[The sound of the chopping is soothing to him. A familiar, steady noise. Tension in his shoulders slowly eases out as he focuses on the broth as promised, though eventually he murmurs:]

How you faring, Flayn-chan?

[Did he ask her that? Well, now he's asking asking, as he keeps his eyes on his work]

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[chop chop chop chop chop chop

It's possible that she doesn't hear him over the sound of the chopping - but a moment later, she shakes her head, keeping her gaze focused on the vegetables she's cutting.]

...not well, if I am being honest. But I am sure the same can be said for us all. What happened today was...

[Her voice trails off.]

It was terrible.

[concasse]

Mm.

[A simple hum of acknowledgement, since... she's not wrong. No one enjoyed trial.]

... I told him his mouth would get him in trouble.

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...still, an unpleasant attitude and a foul mouth should not result in death.

[chop chop chop]

[concasse]

No, it shouldn't.

[Immediate agreement there. Sanji grabs a large ladle and begins stirring his broth]

Even if that's the reality we live in.

[...]

Or hell, maybe he was just unlucky and got framed on accident.

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[the chopping stops, because flayn is staring up at sanji, and she has enough sense not to use a knife when she's not looking at what she's cutting.]

...on accident? Do you think that is likely...?

[concasse]

... It's possible. The fact that Ogata wasn't the only person whose footprints matched makes it seem like he just happened to have the worst alibi.

[A sigh. Since he's just stirring, Sanji doesn't stop moving, even as his gaze remains on the foo]

But shit -- I have no idea. You could make an equally sound argument that he pissed someone off and so they found a way to get rid of him.

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...I wish we had some way of knowing for sure.

[she sighs]

Although... it is nice, in some ways, that we are told if we voted correctly or not. We received no such indication on the island. [...] Had this happened there, I am not sure if we would have realized that we made a mistake.

[concasse]

You--

[Well shit. Sanji turns his head to look at her after all, clearly stunned]

You guys didn't know for certain? What the hell...

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[she shakes her head]

The voice never confirmed anyone's guilt - it only told us who had received the largest number of votes.