[not again] catchall for natalie

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Yeah, probably not.

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Bullshit again, huh?

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[She nods once.]

What happened was... unfair. We were... we were not supposed to get it wrong.

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Here's hoping it doesn't become a trend.

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First time for you? I know that yours was shorter.

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...yes. We caught a culprit at the trial I took part in.

[So getting it wrong is a little... new.]

And last week, although it was an accident, we discovered who was involved. So, this time... I was expecting...

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I get the feeling that whoever it was tried a little harder than the kid from the first week to hide what happened.

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[She nods.]

Yes. That... that does seem to be the case.

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...Which kind of just makes it suck more that we didn't find them, honestly.

[She sighs.]

Especially since they apparently weren't coerced.

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Then... they...

[Flayn's voice trails off, and the color drains from her face. That's a sobering thought.]

We are to believe that they did this for no other reason than that they chose to...?

[Honestly, Ogata seems like the most likely person to do that, in her opinion. And they already know he's innocent.]

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I don't know. It sure seems like it was more well thought for an accident, but if they weren't forced into it...

[She frowns.]

Maybe they know something the rest of us don't, or maybe they're just a shithead.

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...it may be that whoever it was is a danger to the group at large.

[which is kind of a terrifying thought.]

I hope... that it is because they knew something we do not, but...

[what are the chances of that? what purpose could there be?]

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If they do, it would be nice if they'd share.

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I wish...

[wait, wishes are no good this week. flayn shakes her head.]

...that is, it would be nice if we all knew more.

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Careful, or a thesaurus is going to fall on your head.

[She sighs, though.]

I can ask the directors to see if I can get any more details out of them, but I kind of doubt they're going to say anything.

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It cannot hurt to try. I can... ask as well.

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If they can't, though, we should figure out what we want to do. If we want to try to figure out who did this even though the chance has mostly passed, or if we want to focus on preparing for next weekend.

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...the idea of letting this go does not quite sit right with me.

[she's. yeah. yikes. this killer technically took out two people - yu, and whoever gets executed.]

But... what do you believe that we should do?

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...At some point, you need to focus on moving forward. Finding whoever did this is important, but it's not like it's going to bring back the person who's getting executed in their place.

[Her perspective might be colored by how many times she's already seen people scapegoated, though.]

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[Honestly, that's valid. Robowest was wild.]

But... what if they hurt someone again? We may not be able to bring back the people we lost this time, but we can prevent them from causing us to lose more people.