It's hard to grasp, huh? [There's no word against Zoe breaking something because that sure is a mood.] I think everyone's feeling it right about now in their own ways.
Zoe-san. [Just. To stop her for a sec.] When people are up against things like this, they lose sight and start being illogical. Blaming the first person that makes sense. Letting themselves jump to conclusions. We can't let that happen.
Right. And what you see and what you understand might not be the right answer either. But when the truth comes out, you can't run away from it. You have to accept it for what it is, and try to understand it to the best of your ability.
You have to remember the things you've learned before the moment you're in them.
You and me both. [There's a frustrated noise.] I'm so tired of being useless. This isn't fair! We should have revived the rules so that nobody could kill anybody else!
Of course it wasn't. [Love...] It's why I don't want any of my followers killing anyone for my sake, or any part of this game.
[But right.] ...there's nothing you can do to change what happened to that girl, but maybe there's something you can do in the trial to keep everyone on track. How good are you at public speaking?
I need you to lead group discussions tomorrow. I know that doesn't make sense right now, but things are going to get out of hand really fast because, like, it's murder. So many of you have never dealt with this before and you're going to see things none of you should ever see. Your task will be to lead a group discussion based on a piece of evidence, and rule out if it is or isn't relevant to what's happening with the crime.
Any. And if you can't, it's okay. I won't smite you for it or whatever, you just...have to trust me. Forty people might be hard to organize, but give them a path to follow and they'll figure it out.
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[She doesn't seem much more talkative for a few moments, glancing at the ground as she comes in.]
I didn't really know where else to go.
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[But she'll settle for this, apparently, because she's taking a seat.]
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[She leans back slightly, placing her palms against the floor to stop herself from slipping.]
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No matter what happens tomorrow, I need you to be strong. And don't lose focus.
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No matter what happens? [...] Because that's not ominous or anything.
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So... It might not be the first person it seems like, is what you're saying?
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You have to remember the things you've learned before the moment you're in them.
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[She sighs.]
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If you figure things out it's gonna look really bad and you can't let that freak you out, okay? You have to look closely at everything.
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[She rubs at her eyes for a moment.]
Sorry. Just - I wish there was something I could do.
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[She pushes a hand through her hair, stressed.]
We talked about, like - tasks, right? I mean, I know there's nothing I can do to change this, but...
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[But right.] ...there's nothing you can do to change what happened to that girl, but maybe there's something you can do in the trial to keep everyone on track. How good are you at public speaking?
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[Before saying anything else, she waits to see how Love is going to follow that up.]
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[Good luck, Zoe.]
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[Immediately after, though:]
But I'll try. Any piece of evidence, or...?
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And what happens once we’ve done that?
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Wow, okay. Never mind.
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