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It did. I was... [ and she sighs, looking away ] I was scared.

[sengokus]

[well

if she pulled away even a little he's going to hug her closer again]

.... I'd be scared too. [ . . . ] I don't ever want you to be awake again when I'm not, but if you ever are - take my gun, okay? I'll understand.

[so that she can be just a little bit more reassured]

.... I'm glad you're still here. And I'm glad you said something.

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[ she smiles, a little ]

... Thanks, Mineo. I'll take you up on that.

[ but yeah otherwise she seems content with. accepting hugs ]

[sengokus]

You better.

[but it's just going to be a hugfest then]

.... you're alright now. Everything's - .... we'll make sure everything turns out okay.

[alteracion]

... Right. [ there's a little doubt there, but. she shakes her head ] I really didn't think she'd done it, you know. I mean... why skip me, and then keep going?

[sengokus]

[ . . . . ]

I don't know. I think that's something only she could really answer.

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I'm not talking to her again.

[ not on nice week on top of that :/ ]

[sengokus]

Don't think anyone would expect you to.

[ . . . ]

I'll get it through the grapevine and report back to you the important parts that aren't just someone being a shit.

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... Thanks. [ she shakes her head a little ] I thought about-- leaving a note. When I woke up.

[ murder note that does not say brb brekky for once ]

[sengokus]

[ . . . . . ]

... what would it have said?

[he's hesitant because - he doesn't want to pry. but he also thinks that if grace is bringing it up herself, maybe she just wants to process it with another person.

so he'll sit with it and respect it, if she trusts him with it]

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I don't know. I couldn't think of anything.

[ she looks down ]

I just knew I didn't want to die. Not here. Not like that.

[sengokus]

[ . . . . he'll just try to rub soothing circles at her back]

.... of course not. Even if you're face to face with the chance of your own death... how can you accept it?

[alteracion]

I would've fought back. If she'd done anything.

[ she knows that! she is very sure of it ]

But she... didn't.

[sengokus]

.... were you awake the entire time after? Or...

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[ she shakes her head a little ]

Sometime after she left, I fell back asleep. In that... weird way we do the first time. I don't know how long I was awake for.

[sengokus]

... but you still had to sit there, knowing she'd walked in, for however long.

[softly]

... the not knowing is almost harder, isn't it?

[alteracion]

... I only knew for sure why she'd been awake when I woke up and didn't see her name as a victim.

[sengokus]

.... and you had to know that she'd come to see you, and be stuck with her in a room for nine hours.

[alteracion]

I wasn't scared of her. [ a little defensive? ] But I didn't know... what else we'd find.

[sengokus]

[ . . . he nods.]

You don't want to throw an accusation out without anything else. I get that too.

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"I know because I was awake too and I saw her" isn't exactly a great alibi, either.

[sengokus]

[ . . . . ]

You really didn't think we'd believe you, huh.

[alteracion]

Gu Yun tested me on her word alone, after we'd already found tons of evidence against her.

[sengokus]

.... Gu-san has his biases. I also think it's... well, not a bad idea to clear people when we can.

[ . . . ]

And I have my own biases too, you know. Not even counting Takeru.

[alteracion]

Yeah, well. I didn't want to risk it.

[ is she not getting which biases he means. maybe. ]