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[ He'll close the door behind him, and if it helps, he'll give her a little smile. The same one he gave her when they talked a few days ago. ]

Of course. Sit wherever you'd like.

[ He doesn't have any tea or anything like that, sadly... ]

Are you okay, after all of that?

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[ She takes a seat on his bed and pats the space next to her. ]

Am I... Are you? I don't think either of us expected - any of that. At least in the way it played out.

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I am. It was a lot to take in, but I'll be okay.

[ And for what it's worth, his eyes aren't red and puffy, he doesn't look as damaged as he used to be. He keeps that smile on his face, and looks at her as he sits beside her. ]

I'm glad you told me about your situation when you did, actually. It helped me understand you better. I was ready to jump in if anyone really tried to attack you, you know.

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I'm glad you didn't - Tenn, think of what would happen if you had gotten hurt! [ She is very serious about this. He's not allowed to get hurt. ] I was fine... The others, they're kind, they wouldn't have attacked me.

And I know Jack isn't a good man - but. The things we have to do to go against that creature in this place of murder - it was never going to be easy.

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[ He lets out a quiet chuckle at that. Look at how not worried this boy is for his own well-being........ ]

I'm not sure how much the others will be willing to listen...but I can always voice your thoughts to them for you. So, do you think you'll be able to tell me what's been going on behind the scenes?

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I can, I think, finally tell you all that I know.

[ Well, now that they're here, she reaches out to finally brush those flyaway tufts of his, sounding distracted as she does so. ]

After all, Lady Edelgard is right. [ Her fingers falter here. What does Edelgard think about her now? She needs to... she needs to talk to her, too. ] All information is important; the more we know, the more it'll help. But do remember, Tenn, I'm not told anything directly either. There are rules, after all.

[ A little laugh. ]

He said you gave him a headache about it.

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I sure did.

[ He looks so proud of himself, too!! ]

That was before I tried to talk to him after you spoke to me, though. I had my reasons, but they aren't important now.

[ He shrugs. ]

I don't think I have it in me to try again, though. So I'll be sure to listen to whatever you have to say and commit it to memory.

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[ It did give her a good laugh to hear about it. ]

Let's see... First, they're not called traitors, obviously. They're called caporegimes, Hamelin's right-hand men. We have never had traitors among us. And it would be silly to consider them such because - [ She tilts her head in consideration. ] - well, as you can see, they still are bound by the same rules during trial. What good would it have been to actively work against us all, if at the end, there's the same dungeon and execution to wait for.

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I figured it was something like that after you told me about Hamelin’s reasons.

[ No traitors, but he didn’t have another name for them at the time. ]

Do you think Hamelin will really go through with executing Jack-san?

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Yes.

[ Immediate. Rules are rules. ]

But I know he will save him, too. Whatever that means, I hope... it will be a good thing for our friends on the other side as well.

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[ Sadly, Tenn could not care less about what happens to Jack after all of that, but he nods anyway. ]

We'll save them. I trust that we'll all emerge out of this alive.

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[ She nods. ]

We must. We must.

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Jack and McGillis were never safe from being targeted each week either. Because of their roles, the condition for their wishes are different. They don’t need to kill to have their wishes granted; their wishes are not contingent upon committing murder - unless no one else decides to kill that week. Think, Tenn, on what it means that it has taken this long for that to happen? That on our own, we wiped out over half of our numbers - and then tell me the fervent desire to hunt them down or execute them in our place was justified.

They are both bad men, but no one here is innocent.

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You're right, no one is innocent. That's why I pulled Makoto away when he tried to go for Jack-san. I had this conversation with someone rather recently, actually, that none of us are free of guilt and bloodshed.

[ A beat. ]

But there was no way for us to know that, because Hamelin hasn't told us much. So please understand why the rest of us assumed the worst of them, Yuri-san. We had nothing to work off of other than the information we found on our own.

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He can’t tell us anything outright. Direct questions will not get us anywhere with him.

[ Besides, he’d been painted the villain from the start. ]

I’m glad you kept Lord Makoto away. Hamelin would have killed him for touching his famiglia.

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...Yeah. He would have. And I didn't want you getting hurt in any of that. I know Hamelin wouldn't have laid a hand on you, but...

[ we stan yuri in this house okok!! ]

I'm glad nobody decided to do anything stupid, in the end. It really is a blessing that all of us are still here.

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Yes... We are going to need everyone to cooperate with each other, to think before they judge, so we can get through this. I believe we can.

I found out recently that rather a game, the entirety of this has been a ritual. I don’t know anything more than that, but it doesn’t surprise me, considering the creature that looks to consume us.

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Yeah. I have your back, in case anyone tries to accuse you of anything. Okay?

[ That's a promise.

The ritual part, however, makes him shudder a little. ]

...Great. Maybe that explains why the bodies were being crystalized...

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I think they know better than that. Now is not the time. We cannot do this without Hamelin.

[ And Hamelin won’t help if harm comes to Yuri or McGillis. And if anything happens to Jack on the other side... ]

Maybe so. May I ask you something? Who gave you your role? Was it also Red?

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[ He shakes his head. ]

Not Red, no. It was one of the fairies, actually. They were very, very adamant about me keeping this a secret so Hamelin wouldn't find out, but I'm pretty sure he knows by now.

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[ That... doesn’t make much sense to her. ]

But are the fairies not fond of him? Then again, fae folk have ever been mischievous and contrary.

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Ferry-san in particular said they were working against Hamelin, and they were the one providing me with information on Jack-san and McGillis-san. They're also the one sending my notes to the deceased, and vice-versa. I think they're afraid of getting caught.

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The information they've provided wasn't wrong, in the end.

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No, they weren’t wrong.

[ Something about all that just doesn’t... fit. ]

And they were the one who labeled them traitors in the first place?

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I think they referred to them as agents. "Traitors" is probably a term I came up with on my own, to be perfectly honest.

[ ...COCO IS A MORON, NEWS AT 10 😂 ]

I don't really remember, to be honest.

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[ The tiniest smile at the expression on his face. ]

That’s fine. We still have time to make sense of it all.

[ Maybe never mind the meta text earlier, maybe not!! ]

Do you have any questions for me, so far?

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[ He does not wish to be perceived...... ]

Well... I guess I'm curious about what the agents' involvement in all of this was, anyway. They didn't seem to really interfere in anything; all I was told regarding their motivations was that their objective was to keep the game going.