[this is true. nobody knows who's partnered with who, so it's always going to be a risk. afflicted or not, everyone has just as much of a chance to die as the next person.]
It's been a week. It's hard to think anyone would want to be ruthless so early when we're still learning about our situation, but...there are some things that people will risk anything for. [so. she doesn't agree with it, but she can sort of see how this chain would happen.]
That may be so, but the answer was never to kill him. [and that's what is frustrating.] But if this was the work of someone afflicted, then...that would mean someone chose Pickles or Ichiban for one of those items. Or if they were killed by someone afflicted, it comes back to someone actively choosing Karma to kill for an item.
[there's no good answer. there's also the possibility two of them were partners who found each other, but who can even tell anymore.]
There is. And we'll get there tomorrow if it's anything like last week. Those nine hours...[they're going to have a very long day and it's going to suck. that said though, before it goes further...she does pause to look at her quietly.]
Are you alright, Laudna? [like as much as anyone can be alright after all of this, but she still thinks it's important to check on everyone. even the people who might not seem as outwardly affected.]
[this week has been a lot. she doesn't know the full extent of just how much it might have been for laudna, but she does at least get the sense that this is weighing everyone down to some degree and people have already had so much weighing on them to begin with. it's also why affection week means there's a comforting sort of touch to her arm.]
I do, too. We saw what happened last week when all of us walked away not knowing what happened to Death and how we nearly managed to miss Boothill. If something happens where we miss solving even one of them...people are going to start losing trust in each other. [we'll have an unknown killer among us and that kind of sucks.] And losing that trust will make it that much harder in the weeks ahead.
...I wasn't sure at first. I had my suspicions during the day when we were still solving everything, but in the end I couldn't bring myself to ask him and I knew it wasn't. I wasn't going to vote for him. [and she still feels kind of bad now, badgering him during the trial and asking to check his arms again on such little suspicions.] But if people were feeling that way based on a few suspicions, who knows what will happen tomorrow with even more victims and questions we don't have answers to? Everyone's going into this tomorrow looking for someone to blame.
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It's been a week. It's hard to think anyone would want to be ruthless so early when we're still learning about our situation, but...there are some things that people will risk anything for. [so. she doesn't agree with it, but she can sort of see how this chain would happen.]
...what makes you say so?
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[she understands that fairly well.]
He was difficult, and tempers were high. People react and lash out, in those circumstances, to anything that makes them feel that way.
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[there's no good answer. there's also the possibility two of them were partners who found each other, but who can even tell anymore.]
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[she cared about him; she's just upset.]
Either way, there is so much to do.
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Are you alright, Laudna? [like as much as anyone can be alright after all of this, but she still thinks it's important to check on everyone. even the people who might not seem as outwardly affected.]
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[this week has been a lot. but it's very kind of sweet aerith to ask.]
And I fear what will happen if we're left in doubt and suspicion over one or more of these cases. I don't do well with leaving things to rot that way.
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I do, too. We saw what happened last week when all of us walked away not knowing what happened to Death and how we nearly managed to miss Boothill. If something happens where we miss solving even one of them...people are going to start losing trust in each other. [we'll have an unknown killer among us and that kind of sucks.] And losing that trust will make it that much harder in the weeks ahead.
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So many were convinced it was the boy, but he wasn't behind it at all. No one was.
[what a mess.]
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...I wasn't sure at first. I had my suspicions during the day when we were still solving everything, but in the end I couldn't bring myself to ask him and I knew it wasn't. I wasn't going to vote for him. [and she still feels kind of bad now, badgering him during the trial and asking to check his arms again on such little suspicions.] But if people were feeling that way based on a few suspicions, who knows what will happen tomorrow with even more victims and questions we don't have answers to? Everyone's going into this tomorrow looking for someone to blame.