shinobu

[preowned]

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[preowned]

I wonder what we missed...

[ he sighs. ]

Although it's hard to figure out since we were so focused on what was potentially a false lead.

[wisterin]

If the frame meant that it was someone framing.... what would have led to the right culprit?

Someone who could use their left hand seems to be definitive.

[preowned]

It's a difficult thing to check, since it's another thing that's easy to fake.

[wisterin]

[ she sighs. ]

Was anything real, Tsurumaru-san?

[ her vibes are that she's fraying a little ]

[preowned]

Yes. We just couldn't connect it in time, but the truth had to be hidden somewhere in all of that.

We can try to think things through.

[wisterin]

[ she shifts so she lies down next to him. ]

It has to be someone who knows how to use a laundry machine, doesn't it? That's harder to fake. It's not something I'm used to.

[preowned]

I suppose someone could use the argument that we could have learned here, but... I think we can find a million ways to counter theories like that.

[ he sighs ]

It would also be someone who was fine with framing Bucky.

[wisterin]

[ she makes a face. ]

How many people don't get along with him? I'm afraid I haven't been keeping track.

[preowned]

Well.

Maybe that isn't a useful clue.

[wisterin]

Just someone willing to frame, then?

[preowned]

... that does help too, actually.

We know that you don't have to get away with it to save your hostage.

[wisterin]

[ ... ]

Someone who wants to live, no matter what, even at the expense of one more life. Does that seem right?

[preowned]

Yes.

I do wonder who that might be.

[wisterin]

I do, too. Do you think they were overtaken by a shadow, and do you think they still are?

[preowned]

It's hard to say without catching them.

I think at this point, knowing about the shadows, people are less reluctant to do anything on their own. So there's a good chance it might have been one, but whether it's still within them...

[wisterin]

... We won't know more until next week.

[ she frowns in thought. ]

I'm going to take a cautious stance about it.

[ ie. pessimistic and paranoid. ]

[preowned]

I'm going to see if I can ask around... maybe someone has some sort of idea.

[wisterin]

I'll try asking, too.

[ she peers up at the wisteria hanging over her. ]

Is Mikazuki-san all right, Tsurumaru-san?

[preowned]

He's going to get healed today, so he should be fine.

[wisterin]

And besides his external wounds?

[preowned]

[ ... ]

If you do not mind, please spend time with him. He's a worse liar than I am.

[wisterin]

[ she sits up and looks down at him. ]

You two exhaust me.

[preowned]

I'm being honest now!

I can't get into specifics, since it was difficult to just get him to say anything to me about it. But he just needs someone keeping him on his toes.

[wisterin]

I know. I have to browbeat you both to admit that you're even a fraction less than okay.

[ she knows why and how they fit together, but also, she would throw them both if she didn't care for them so much. ]

I will do my best.

[preowned]

I apologize for all of the trouble, Shinobu.

... everyone needs to be cared for. Like you.