[So was it on purpose? Had they all played her for a fool?
She felt like a fool. All week, she's been looking at every misstep and misunderstanding, every failure to live up to any degree of potential. Such a silly little girl she's been, easily panicked and easily led.]
Well, what else do you do with a killer on trial? Did you have any other choice?
It's true that we were all trying to find the truth, but... there had to be a choice. There had to have been a way to do it that wouldn't have caused you that much pain.
I was already in that state, Anise, you had very little to do with it. I couldn't take — all week. I kept denying anything was wrong, because it felt so strange and I didn't really like the thoughts I kept having. And then Thursday night came and everyone fell asleep except myself and Diluc, and I knew...I couldn't hold it back any longer.
[She looks her direct in the eye, on the verge of tears even as her voice crawls low from her throat.]
It was already there. I've never felt so furious in my life.
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... I wanted to say I'm sorry. Because we all backed you into a corner like that...
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[So was it on purpose? Had they all played her for a fool?
She felt like a fool. All week, she's been looking at every misstep and misunderstanding, every failure to live up to any degree of potential. Such a silly little girl she's been, easily panicked and easily led.]
Well, what else do you do with a killer on trial? Did you have any other choice?
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I was already in that state, Anise, you had very little to do with it. I couldn't take — all week. I kept denying anything was wrong, because it felt so strange and I didn't really like the thoughts I kept having. And then Thursday night came and everyone fell asleep except myself and Diluc, and I knew...I couldn't hold it back any longer.
[She looks her direct in the eye, on the verge of tears even as her voice crawls low from her throat.]
It was already there. I've never felt so furious in my life.
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... So you were already backed into a corner before that...
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... You said that... you wanted to choose the ending for your own story.