heaven pcs: marcoh

[fending]

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[boxcar]

Nobody can say what Jing felt. But for Jiaoqiu, yes.

[ He grimaces at the specification of 'when it wants us to kill someone'. He hadn't thought of it exactly that way but he can hardly say otherwise. ]

Might be.

[fending]

Honestly not sure if that'd make it better or worse, but... maybe better if it means it's not necessarily an all-or-nothin' irreversible thing.

[boxcar]

I think it may be good to consider some kind of containment, if someone like that gets free.

[ They chose possessed over willing killer this time, but what if there's more later? It's clear he doesn't consider this possibility impossible. ]

[fending]

Sounds like it, yeah.

[ nods... ]

Thanks. First even potentially promising news I've heard in a while, it feels like.

[ gonna feel real bad if it turns out that whole execution that just happened was the wrong judgement after all, though!! ]

[boxcar]

...

Not my credit to take.

[ Shakes his head. ]

And I wish you didn't need to experience it first to find out.

[fending]

Eh, still took the time to answer when I asked. Appreciate it just the same.

...Though yeah, definitely wish that too. Havin' to wait for more people to die to figure out how to stop 'em from dyin'... seems like a bad joke.

[boxcar]

And that's just to figure out if it's true at all. Not if we can undo it.

[fending]

...Yeah, probably so.

[ i'm sorry this is the entire tag because now he's just getting lost in worries again ]

[boxcar]

[ I keep doing that to everyone this game so that's fair honestly. ]

You must be worried.

[ Considering he's got a brother here. Things are rough as it is without people you know. Generals, lovers, family. ]

[fending]

Don't much like the odds when it's been a person with someone important to them from home here both times so far.

[boxcar]

...

It's frustrating to know you could have the strength to stop anyone if it happened but you can't.

[ Local guy who curfewed with all three murder victims so far. ]

[fending]

[ meanwhile he's just waking up where dead bodies are every week... ]

And knowin' you probably can't even trust yourself not to be the one who does it.

[boxcar]

...

[ He often looks grim in response to topics like these, but something about what Fidelio says seems to make him extra uneasy. ]

I don't want to hurt anyone.

[fending]

[ he's just going to assume that's because the strength thing goes both ways — can make him a great protector or a great killer. and there's really nothing reassuring he can say to that when character means nothing. ]

...Yeah. Me neither.

[boxcar]

I know. You have someone to protect too, on top of it.

[ Big brother to big brother communication... ]