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[saudadist]

If you know Lucy-san...or, I suppose her name is Kaede-san...

Please, I want to speak with you.

I want to know who this person is within my mind...



[ private to Tezcatlipoca ]

Tezcatlipoca-san, may I have a moment of your time?

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[saudadist]

[ Subconsciously, she waits for the translator to condense his words into something more digestible, but that wait is fruitless. Again she has to break it down sentence by sentence, but she's pleased that her fears are unfounded. She's not used to reading long sentences or many of them at once, but it's not like he's speaking another language.

Perhaps she should read more challenging books...

Nyuu's initial reaction is to be frustrated by his lack of a concrete answer. Those shades of grey settle in more and more, blurring what she'd wanted to see as stark monochrome. Yet, the longer she reads, the more she can see sense to what he's saying. From what she can tell, Kaede hasn't killed another person as far as he is aware. She's angry and hateful and reactionary, but he wouldn't be speaking of her using "if"s if she'd already committed such a thing here.

Did something...change? Has she never sinned against another like that here? ]

Do you mean she hasn't killed anyone here that you know of?

[curingidiocy]

Not among our numbers, no. I'm unsure if she took any townspeople's lives in Brașov, but quite a few of our colleagues did, so it would be unfair to single her out for doing the same. Regardless, they were the aggressors—their deaths are but the consequence of their own actions.

[ Despite professing that he considers all life precious, Ratio doesn't seem to be too broken up by Outsiders killing the townspeople. ]

[saudadist]

[ Brașov... that town. The castle. She remembers clearly. Kaga-san, Bakugou-san, Raidou-san, and...Elan. And so many others. They were-

She holds a hand over her mouth as she tries not to breath faster again. The sudden bout of dizziness makes her whine, but a nearby wall proves the best crutch to let her refocus her weight.

She remembers...oh, she remembers so well. Too well. ]

Kaede-san didn't hurt anyone in the castle. That I know for certain.

[ When things were going haywire in that castle, she was awake. She remembers...

Everything. ]

[curingidiocy]

[ If she knows that for certain, yet does not know Lucy herself, then it can only mean she was the active consciousness in the castle. ]

...I see. It is a shame that you had to experience that, but perhaps you spared her from further pain.

[saudadist]

Perhaps so.

[ She'd rather forget. The sooner those awful memories are behind her, the better. ]

Thank you for taking the time to speak with me, sir.

[curingidiocy]

If you need anything else, even if it is unrelated to Lucy, you are always welcome to contact me.

[saudadist]

Of course!

Before I forget, what was your name?

[curingidiocy]

Veritas Ratio. You may call me Dr. Ratio.

[saudadist]

[ Whoa, a whole doctor?!? ]

Gotcha. Thank you, Doctor!