Yeah. He was a kid, who was having... problems back home. He was really desperate to fix them, and the wish token system for completing a murder would have.
In the castle, we each received an objective specific to us, and whenever we completed one, we'd get a new one. His was to light a body on fire.
I would like to say I'm not the type to hold grudges.
[ at the very least, she doesn't hold them as much as she used to! she has gotten so much character development! she is less bitter than she was a few years ago!!
[ she considers what to say here, before sighing. ]
... some people need the extra chances. Whether it's the second one or sixth. It can be surprising what people can accomplish if others don't give up on them.
[he. gives her a surprised look, because he hadn't expected her to be that charitable. wouldn't have blamed her if she had chosen not to be]
I-- yeah. I think you're right.
[. . .]
I don't know how much you know about what he went through, but his life has been-- rough.
[a bastard child of an asshole politician, losing his mother at such a young age, being passed around the foster care system until he could live on his own. . .]
It made him bitter and angry and jaded, and because of that, he made some choices that he has to see the consequences for. [on that he is firm!1]
But I want-- no. . . I believe-- that he can be better.
I think that... after a certain point, depending, you do have to give up. Like my dad? Total asshole. But I used to give him chances, up until I realized that he was never going to change no matter what.
[ ... ]
But, you can... tell, I think, when someone wants to do better. You just have to forcibly shove them in that direction and see where they go. And it might be hard, and maybe it'll take a while, but...
It doesn't make everything else they did not shitty. But it's nice to have a future that's a little brighter than your past.
[the smile he gives her is wry and sympathetic all at once]
You're right. You can kind of tell.
The Akechi you knew might be different from the one I knew. Maybe he didn't deserve any of the second chances he got. [considering EVERY TERRIBLE THING AKIRA HEARD HE DID] But the one from the mansion?
[. . .]
. . . I have hope for him. And I'm glad he chose to reclaim his future for himself.
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[ha ha. . . ha!!]
That doesn't really excuse what he did, though.
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... admittedly, I'm more mad about the second time. He involved a really good friend of mine who did get executed that week. It was a three-way tie.
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[he could glean that much from the memory, at least]
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In the castle, we each received an objective specific to us, and whenever we completed one, we'd get a new one. His was to light a body on fire.
[ akira can probably see where this is leading ]
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So Akechi offered to provide him a body to burn while also completing his own objective of killing someone by drowning them.
[Belph filled him in on that part]
I can see what he was trying to do, but. . .
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[ ... ]
The person they chose was another very good friend of mine.
[ she does not say it was evan. ]
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That-- just. . . makes my memory even worse.
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I would like to say I'm not the type to hold grudges.
[ at the very least, she doesn't hold them as much as she used to! she has gotten so much character development! she is less bitter than she was a few years ago!!
but less bitter is not the same as not bitter. ]
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If it helps, he tried to kill me twice. Not at the mansion, but back home.
So there's. . . that.
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[ AKIRA YOUR TASTE ]
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[WHEEZES!! EVEN MORE!!!]
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You haven't given up on him though.
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[. . .]
No.
. . . I haven't.
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... some people need the extra chances. Whether it's the second one or sixth. It can be surprising what people can accomplish if others don't give up on them.
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I-- yeah. I think you're right.
[. . .]
I don't know how much you know about what he went through, but his life has been-- rough.
[a bastard child of an asshole politician, losing his mother at such a young age, being passed around the foster care system until he could live on his own. . .]
It made him bitter and angry and jaded, and because of that, he made some choices that he has to see the consequences for. [on that he is firm!1]
But I want-- no. . . I believe-- that he can be better.
So long as he isn't trying to be better alone.
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[ ... ]
But, you can... tell, I think, when someone wants to do better. You just have to forcibly shove them in that direction and see where they go. And it might be hard, and maybe it'll take a while, but...
It doesn't make everything else they did not shitty. But it's nice to have a future that's a little brighter than your past.
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You're right. You can kind of tell.
The Akechi you knew might be different from the one I knew. Maybe he didn't deserve any of the second chances he got. [considering EVERY TERRIBLE THING AKIRA HEARD HE DID] But the one from the mansion?
[. . .]
. . . I have hope for him. And I'm glad he chose to reclaim his future for himself.
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... well, if he has someone as stubborn as you are in his corner, I'm sure it'll be okay. Eventually.
Even if he's still an asshole.
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Even if he's still an asshole.
[JUST. A BREATHLESS LAUGH]
I can't believe we're talking about Akechi.
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[ she tries very hard to never talk about him. ]
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So tell me about-- yourself?
[he was about to say "your dad" but uh]
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What do you want to know?
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The most interesting fact about yourself that you think nobody would ever think to ask about.
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I fight bad guys for a living?
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Just like Dick does.
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