I'm not gonna eat right now, I'm trying to decide what to take to Dimitri.
[He's not sure what Dimitri would like, or what he could even eat if he's upset right now. But he'll pick something eventually.]
And no worries, yeah? The stuff you were hiding, you've got your reasons for it. If it's not related to the trial then it shouldn't have to be brought up in front of everyone.
I guess I'd just choose what I'd want for a last meal. Strawberry cake. Danishes from Nicodranas. That terrible stew Yasha used to make with the spiders.
[ He makes a face almost like he got socked in the gut. ]
[ HE DOES look straight up nauseated again, but. Mostly at himself. ]
I was lying. I was lying my arse off. And I didn't really have a plan and I wasn't exactly saying things that weren't true, but-- You should know. And I know by telling you I'm basically telling everyone.
Rin glances away now, as he often does when he's not completely sure if what he's about to say is the right thing to say.]
When we had the clue and were trying to decide what case to use it on, nearly everyone who defended you last week said to use it on Claude's case. I was guessing that they could see something about Emet-Selch's killer that I couldn't, we're never that unanimous in deciding on what to do with clues, but it wasn't until yours and Harrow's answers to the locket questions that I really began to hear that part of me that was saying 'look into this more, something's wrong here'. But when you said you would explain later and we only had minutes to go, I just accepted it. There wasn't enough proof to say it was you, and 'this is what my heart's telling me' hasn't exactly gotten good responses before. And...maybe I wanted to believe it too. That it wasn't you, and you hadn't gone through that shadow stuff.
[He's not mad, and he definitely doesn't blame Molly. He just feels sad, mostly.]
I don't think many - if any - knew anything about it being me, honestly. There's no conspiracy around me, I just ... got lucky.
I think it only clicked for Harrow herself at that last second there. Could have just been we didn't have most of the shite I'd stirred up until after the item was already used, so it made more sense to use it on the case with more.
[The trial is over, and none of them had control over their actions anyway.]
That's what happened with Kaeya and Diluc too. When Diluc had that injury, Kaeya just agreed with whatever Diluc was saying to protect him. So I don't blame her for protecting you, anybody'd do it to protect someone close to them.
...actually, if you're telling everyone about this, then there might be something you can do next week. I was gonna try it this week if we were stuck, but the clue helped out a lot and we got two of the cases pretty much figured out so there wasn't a need to try it. But back in my game, if it was getting close to the end and we were really stuck, one thing we used to do was ask the Watchers- they were like our version of the Staff- if all of the killers were new. They could get away with telling us that much, since it wasn't exact numbers or anything. Just 'yes, all the killers are new this week' or 'no, not all of the killers are new this week.' If nothing else, if we get stuck and ask the Staff that, then depending on the answer we might be able to count some people out from being suspects at that trial.
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Appreciate it, but I think I might just need some rest. You go ahead and eat though.
Listen, I just wanted to say thank you. For the trust.
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[He's not sure what Dimitri would like, or what he could even eat if he's upset right now. But he'll pick something eventually.]
And no worries, yeah? The stuff you were hiding, you've got your reasons for it. If it's not related to the trial then it shouldn't have to be brought up in front of everyone.
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[ He makes a face almost like he got socked in the gut. ]
Rin-- Fuck.
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[All thoughts of food are gone after that look Molly makes though.]
Hey, you alright? Do you need medicine or something?
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[ HE DOES look straight up nauseated again, but. Mostly at himself. ]
I was lying. I was lying my arse off. And I didn't really have a plan and I wasn't exactly saying things that weren't true, but-- You should know. And I know by telling you I'm basically telling everyone.
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Rin glances away now, as he often does when he's not completely sure if what he's about to say is the right thing to say.]
When we had the clue and were trying to decide what case to use it on, nearly everyone who defended you last week said to use it on Claude's case. I was guessing that they could see something about Emet-Selch's killer that I couldn't, we're never that unanimous in deciding on what to do with clues, but it wasn't until yours and Harrow's answers to the locket questions that I really began to hear that part of me that was saying 'look into this more, something's wrong here'. But when you said you would explain later and we only had minutes to go, I just accepted it. There wasn't enough proof to say it was you, and 'this is what my heart's telling me' hasn't exactly gotten good responses before. And...maybe I wanted to believe it too. That it wasn't you, and you hadn't gone through that shadow stuff.
[He's not mad, and he definitely doesn't blame Molly. He just feels sad, mostly.]
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I think it only clicked for Harrow herself at that last second there. Could have just been we didn't have most of the shite I'd stirred up until after the item was already used, so it made more sense to use it on the case with more.
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[The trial is over, and none of them had control over their actions anyway.]
That's what happened with Kaeya and Diluc too. When Diluc had that injury, Kaeya just agreed with whatever Diluc was saying to protect him. So I don't blame her for protecting you, anybody'd do it to protect someone close to them.
...actually, if you're telling everyone about this, then there might be something you can do next week. I was gonna try it this week if we were stuck, but the clue helped out a lot and we got two of the cases pretty much figured out so there wasn't a need to try it. But back in my game, if it was getting close to the end and we were really stuck, one thing we used to do was ask the Watchers- they were like our version of the Staff- if all of the killers were new. They could get away with telling us that much, since it wasn't exact numbers or anything. Just 'yes, all the killers are new this week' or 'no, not all of the killers are new this week.' If nothing else, if we get stuck and ask the Staff that, then depending on the answer we might be able to count some people out from being suspects at that trial.
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I can try it.
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[Somehow he managed not to slip up about Diluc for two whole weeks!]
I wouldn't go telling other people your business after the trial anyway. That's rude.