"Hint" has less letters that could be misconstrued, so I'd say that might our better guess. Not to mention, it gives them more to work with in answering the questions that we have.
[ though the mentioning of sumi makes her frown. ]
...do you really think Yoshizawa had nova that was splintering? If that was really the case then why wouldn't the one to kill her do it cleanly?
[ or you know. literally anything other than what actually happened. ]
I don't know. [ that's a genuine, honest answer. xie lian looks down at his lap, troubled. he has felt every loss in this place deeply, but none perhaps so seriously as what happened to yoshizawa, if only because of the utterly brutal circumstances. ]
I couldn't... I don't know if it was her, or her killer's, or if was even Shiro's. But I think it had to be someone. And if they can remember on the other side, then maybe we can try to put together more of the pieces. I just...
...She must have suffered so much. [ he finishes, softly, quietly somber. ]
[ one of the two if not both of them? had to have a splintering nova. she is, in some way, still entertaining the idea that maybe someone with a splintering nova is responsible for the brutal murder. it isn't just right. ]
She really did suffer.
[ and it makes her sick and blood boil when she recalls it. ]
...and the monster responsible for it should also suffer. I wouldn't be as unkind to say that they deserve the same fate as her, but they shouldn't get off easy.
xie lian has more unanswered questions than he has any desire to strike back - but the fact that this person walks undetected among them is deeply troubling. ] I would like to find them as quickly as possible. If nothing else, I think all of us have questions for that person - and the longer we wait, the more likely the answers to those questions may fade.
Right. [ a slight pause as she consider things. ] Not too along ago, I wouldn't have wanted to put so much attention in making sure that I could maintain my memory as it is, but coming here...
[ a very soft laugh and a shake of her head. ]
What's the saying? Something about how you don't know what you had until it's gone?
[ then again, they might not know it's gone either... ]
...Mn. [ xie lian's answer noise is thoughtful. he glances down at his hands for a moment. ]
I have lived such a long life, that I am sure I have forgotten many things. I have always said that it is better to try and hold onto the small, simple things that make your life better - a well cooked meal, a beautifully starry sky... but as I start to lose more here, I feel the absences to the point that it is impossible to ignore.
...I am not afraid of losing who I am, because I think I will still be me, even without it. There are some convictions that I know will not leave me. [ ...
he softens, a little though, and just for a moment, xie lian looks...tired, like someone who has lived for eight hundred years. ] ...But there are things that only I remember, and...I do not want to forget.
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[ though the mentioning of sumi makes her frown. ]
...do you really think Yoshizawa had nova that was splintering? If that was really the case then why wouldn't the one to kill her do it cleanly?
[ or you know. literally anything other than what actually happened. ]
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I couldn't... I don't know if it was her, or her killer's, or if was even Shiro's. But I think it had to be someone. And if they can remember on the other side, then maybe we can try to put together more of the pieces. I just...
...She must have suffered so much. [ he finishes, softly, quietly somber. ]
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She really did suffer.
[ and it makes her sick and blood boil when she recalls it. ]
...and the monster responsible for it should also suffer. I wouldn't be as unkind to say that they deserve the same fate as her, but they shouldn't get off easy.
[ ... ]
If we can find them.
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violence always begets violence.
xie lian has more unanswered questions than he has any desire to strike back - but the fact that this person walks undetected among them is deeply troubling. ] I would like to find them as quickly as possible. If nothing else, I think all of us have questions for that person - and the longer we wait, the more likely the answers to those questions may fade.
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[ a very soft laugh and a shake of her head. ]
What's the saying? Something about how you don't know what you had until it's gone?
[ then again, they might not know it's gone either... ]
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I have lived such a long life, that I am sure I have forgotten many things. I have always said that it is better to try and hold onto the small, simple things that make your life better - a well cooked meal, a beautifully starry sky... but as I start to lose more here, I feel the absences to the point that it is impossible to ignore.
...I am not afraid of losing who I am, because I think I will still be me, even without it. There are some convictions that I know will not leave me. [ ...
he softens, a little though, and just for a moment, xie lian looks...tired, like someone who has lived for eight hundred years. ] ...But there are things that only I remember, and...I do not want to forget.