enfangs | mineo.

Yup. All three.

[good thing molly and grace didn't ransack his room too much, or else they would've found them.]

Then that's all I care about.

[that he doesn't have to doubt white]

... why do you have three?

Well, I usually carry a bunch of knives on me for throwing purposes, and they work better for that than kitchen knives.

[he looks thoughtful about it before sighing]

... okay. Fine. Keep your scalpels, I won't tell anyone.

Thanks, Mom.

Shut up.

I'm just saying I won't rat you out.

You're free to. I'll just make sure to hide 'em better if you do.

[ . . . he just sighs and repeats again, more firmly]

.... I won't.

[...]

All right, all right. I got it.

[nods]

So long as you understand.

[ . . . ]

I think we got closer this time, at least. Not close enough but.... closer.

[as he starts pushing the picked out needles into a pile—]

Some progress is better than none, I guess.

[he nods slowly]

... yeah. I think people really gave their best effort and everything.

We'll see how much that's worth in the end.

... something, hopefully.

[a beat]

You know, I think that whoever killed Kaan-san and Starphase-san might be the same person.

What makes you say that?

I ran it by Greed-san but...

You know - everything in the jail cell felt like it could've related to Starphase-san's murder. The air getting harder to breathe. The prayer of a man. And so I was thinking... the toblerones could've been something, right? We never talked about them again.

And Greed-san said that some of our clues that we get on curfew night can lead us to suspects too.... so we could connect the two murders, right?

I guess that makes sense...?

[mineo is asking the wrong person to throw murder theories against]

Dunno if he was a religious guy, but it's not like we talked much. [a beat.] By the way, Wrath might get annoyed if you keep digging into the jail cell.

[he tilts his head]

Wrath....? How come?

[a pause, as he calls out to the ceiling—]

Wrath, if you're seeing this, don't set me on fire!

[...]

Think it might have to do with 'em. They insisted pretty hard that they knew nothing, but...

[white makes a gesture that suggests it came off as the complete opposite, in fact.]

[oh my god]

..... okay.

[ . . . ]

I wanna investigate - but I can talk to them about it. I know it's pretty delicate, so I won't push... but I'm just looking for any answers I can around here.

If you piss 'em off, it's not my fault.

You're right.

[he nods, understanding]

I just... wanna know what happened to me, I guess. To both of us.

[...]

If you want to ask them directly, I can go with you.

Didn't you just say you didn't want to get set on fire...?

Whatever! Do you want my company or not?

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