tragic that i can't find the tumblr post from before the anime aired where someone was speculating that they were carrying shovels in the promo to bury a body
So the gun and everything was after he'd... crashed there on his own?
[ it's really hard to believe none of them spending the night at the waterfall heard any of this, even though he knows it was supposedly the same for other groups before. ]
[ he's quiet for a long moment; his expression doesn't give much away, but the lack of answer speaks its own volumes. eventually, ]
No. It was. She's not wrong. [ ... ] I know you've been betrayed before—and we did that. To you, Nahri, everyone.
...But we decided it couldn't be you. You couldn't take the fall for it. Everything Ylfa and Gerard said at the end—it wasn't a lie. [ even if it meant hot mess ended up losing someone. even if he's sure people think they should've died instead. it doesn't make it right. it's just the choice they made. ]
[ he bites his lip, quiet for a moment as he appears to take this in. ]
Well, um. I-I still appreciate you guys doing that for us... a-and I still don't think any of you are bad people, or anything... It's just a tough situation for everybody.
[ ... ]
That was... just Miss Shenhe though, right? Y-you don't know what happened to Miss Lambda...
I—no. Don't appreciate anything. We still put you in danger by hiding what we did.
[ trying to get another team voted for in the end doesn't change that. it's more of an apology than anything. the next thing makes him just as discomfited, quiet. ]
...I've learned some stuff about Lambda. Enough to guess that you're innocent. But I promised not say anything about it. ...I'm really sorry. I can only answer things about Shenhe and Fei Du.
[ he looks at him for a moment, then looks away. ]
How about... a suggestion about where I might want to start looking if I want to learn about it for myself? You wouldn't be telling me anything you actually learned, so... I-I don't think that would be breaking a promise...
[ there's a long silence, and though he's still not making eye contact, there's a slight rise in tension that's just barely visible as he shifts his stance. ]
Fine.
[ still soft, but with a tinge of coldness that wasn't there a moment ago.
...a pig wanders onto the scene to drop off a memory and then disappear again, and after a few seconds of hesitation, he turns to leave too, without comment. ]
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[ he pauses, considering how to word this next bit delicately. ]
It sort of—it might've been the wine. ...He rode off that waterfall.
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So the gun and everything was after he'd... crashed there on his own?
[ it's really hard to believe none of them spending the night at the waterfall heard any of this, even though he knows it was supposedly the same for other groups before. ]
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Yeah. ...It'd have taken him a long time to just die like that.
[ but like also they were going to kill him anyway so it feels silly to call it a mercy thing ]
I didn't know anything about Zelda or the others. We didn't run into each other, or anything.
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... ]
What Miss Nahri was saying about you guys being involved last week... wasn't true, was it?
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No. It was. She's not wrong. [ ... ] I know you've been betrayed before—and we did that. To you, Nahri, everyone.
...But we decided it couldn't be you. You couldn't take the fall for it. Everything Ylfa and Gerard said at the end—it wasn't a lie. [ even if it meant hot mess ended up losing someone. even if he's sure people think they should've died instead. it doesn't make it right. it's just the choice they made. ]
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[ he bites his lip, quiet for a moment as he appears to take this in. ]
Well, um. I-I still appreciate you guys doing that for us... a-and I still don't think any of you are bad people, or anything... It's just a tough situation for everybody.
[ ... ]
That was... just Miss Shenhe though, right? Y-you don't know what happened to Miss Lambda...
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I—no. Don't appreciate anything. We still put you in danger by hiding what we did.
[ trying to get another team voted for in the end doesn't change that. it's more of an apology than anything. the next thing makes him just as discomfited, quiet. ]
...I've learned some stuff about Lambda. Enough to guess that you're innocent. But I promised not say anything about it. ...I'm really sorry. I can only answer things about Shenhe and Fei Du.
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All right.
[ he looks at him for a moment, then looks away. ]
How about... a suggestion about where I might want to start looking if I want to learn about it for myself? You wouldn't be telling me anything you actually learned, so... I-I don't think that would be breaking a promise...
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...It still would be. [ breaking his promise. ]
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Fine.
[ still soft, but with a tinge of coldness that wasn't there a moment ago.
...a pig wanders onto the scene to drop off a memory and then disappear again, and after a few seconds of hesitation, he turns to leave too, without comment. ]
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