[funny story! Catra is feeling nothing but numbness, too! she's exhausted her emotions to the point of where there's nothing left, so. . . when Taichi speaks, her ears twitch]
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Can I actually do anything to stop you?
[quiet. flat. but not harsh. she's worn herself out]
I think it matters to you. [frankly.] And maybe it is, but...I think you've had a pretty bad day.
[A MASSIVE UNDERSTATEMENT.]
...I'm not great at talking about stuff, but just...you know. If you want. [because he doesn't think everyone will talk to her in a way she'll be receptive to. there's no pity here. it's just mild curiosity, and some strange kind of understanding.]
We had wondered if she would. A few of us thought maybe she would have been expecting it enough since she had been ready to die last week. It was debatable if she would have let someone do it though. I think even if you're ready to die, actually doing it is still something you don't want to just accept right away.
[his eyes linger on her arm, trying to determine if it's just an act of nervousness.]
...I still don't think what you did was...[he pauses to think of his words.] Nothing about this place has been good to any of us. I think I can understand why you did it.
[he kind of wishes she hadn't because he liked byleth but...]
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[. . .]
Can I actually do anything to stop you?
[quiet. flat. but not harsh. she's worn herself out]
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. . .
Why. . .?
[why does he say that? to someone who killed, who had tried to kill again in the midst of the trial?]
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You're still a person, you know? [...] And I didn't really believe a word of your villain speech.
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So why do you think I did it?
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[...he enters the room and shuts the door.]
...it probably hurt to think that someone you trusted was doing stuff like this, right? Isn't that why you lashed out at Otome-san, too?
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[yeah. he's not wrong about that, and even bringing up Otome's name tugs at her heartstrings a little bit. but--]
That wasn't it.
[ah. . .]
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...so what was it? Will you tell me?
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Does it matter now? What's done is done. My fate is sealed.
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[A MASSIVE UNDERSTATEMENT.]
...I'm not great at talking about stuff, but just...you know. If you want. [because he doesn't think everyone will talk to her in a way she'll be receptive to. there's no pity here. it's just mild curiosity, and some strange kind of understanding.]
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[. . .]
[her ears flatten again, tail lashing]
You're weird.
[CATRA]
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...there's sort of a laugh, not entirely amused but a little awkward and unsure.]
Yeah. I've heard that before.
[but apparently it doesn't change any of what he said.]
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[. . .]
It wasn't fair.
[she eventually says after a moment of silence]
To her. What she had to do.
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...you're right. It wasn't. This place hasn't been fair for a long time. [...] Were you trying to help her by setting her free?
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. . .
[she's quiet for a moment, gaze flickering back to the window]
I guess you could say that.
[but that makes it sound so kind when she still thinks it was anything but]
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Did you get a chance to tell her why?
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I mentioned it, but it's not like-- I mean, even then she didn't just. . . let me.
[and her hand drifts to her upper arm, the same one she grasped throughout the trial]
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We had wondered if she would. A few of us thought maybe she would have been expecting it enough since she had been ready to die last week. It was debatable if she would have let someone do it though. I think even if you're ready to die, actually doing it is still something you don't want to just accept right away.
[his eyes linger on her arm, trying to determine if it's just an act of nervousness.]
Did she hurt you?
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[so. yeah. she got her hit in]
[but I didn't want that to be like the only evidence on her since she never does strip check and that wouldn't be fair so sweats]
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catra: >_>]
Ah. Yeah, that would make sense. That sword's no joke. [...] Are you okay? We can try to clean it up if you want now that the trial's over.
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I took care of it. It's fine.
[it's probably just like a sheet bandage torn and wrapped around her arm tbqh, I didn't think that hard about it]
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...I still don't think what you did was...[he pauses to think of his words.] Nothing about this place has been good to any of us. I think I can understand why you did it.
[he kind of wishes she hadn't because he liked byleth but...]
It's why I voted for Otome-san.
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[she doesn't!! know what to say to that!!]
Even after what I did to Otome?
[attacking her, and whatnot??]
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Were you really, truly actually intending on killing her? Or were you lashing out because everything was too much?
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[she doesn't answer that!! which is probably pretty telling, when he takes into account the guilt she has directed towards Otome]
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