[ch. 6] post-trial, ion & steph

[asswipe]

[... Wherever they end up meeting after this mess of a trial, Veronica is going to promptly slump against the wall and slide down until she's sitting on the floor. She then covers her face with her hands.]

What now?

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[asswipe]

[She sighs, rubbing at her face.]

I don't know if there's anything new we could learn that would help us. We're... close enough to evening out the numbers, anyway. All that's left is to get our friends back and go home.

[fonlines]

... I suppose that is what I will end up asking them, in the end. About the war, why it exists at all...

[ his shoulders slump. ]

I just hope we're not missing anything important. According to Akechi, the concept of a saboteur has been debunked; Sousei was mistaken, and... the late Lord El-Melloi II lying?

[ his expression darkens slightly. ]

Although I have no idea what he would gain from such an action.

[vigilantics]

He could have just understood things incorrectly. It wouldn't be the first time.

[ certain people have been running on wrong assumptions.

including them, honestly, but some more than others. ]

[asswipe]

... I wouldn't be surprised. A lot of this stuff is— Um, a lot to process. He could have just jumped the gun on something he learned, the same way that we assumed we needed to match the objectives.

[Which she slapped Akechi over, but!! It's fine. She has zero regrets over that.]