[This... she didn't expect. She'd posed the question more to see if she could get away with it, but now she has, and she's not quite sure where to go from here.]
Several years ago, I met a person. That person was interesting, yet frightening at the same time. Part of me knew that I should have stayed away, but...I just couldn't. Finding out more was just too tempting.
And before I realized it, I was caught in his web.
[She pulls her arms behind her back, hand gripping the forearm of the other.]
Mm, I'm not surprised. My world faced the same danger.
[If Shun hadn't accepted death... who knows how much damage would have been done? Each cantus user has the power of a nuclear bomb, Tomiko had explained, with one big difference:
The "bomb" could go off any number of times, because the mind could recharge.]
[Once again, she's plagued by all too many questions at once. So, she begins with the one she thinks she already knows the answer to, just to be sure.]
...What happened to the ones who didn't escape, but didn't make it through training?
I'm asking because the villages would eliminate us if we didn't have a strong enough cantus, or if we displayed bad behavior. But that doesn't account for your own powers turning on you.
[It's very similar - yet just a little different.]
What happened to the ones who didn't make it through training?
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Is it genetic?
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[This... she didn't expect. She'd posed the question more to see if she could get away with it, but now she has, and she's not quite sure where to go from here.]
Then how...?
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Several years ago, I met a person. That person was interesting, yet frightening at the same time. Part of me knew that I should have stayed away, but...I just couldn't. Finding out more was just too tempting.
And before I realized it, I was caught in his web.
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Her eyes narrow, wary. Concerned.]
What do you mean?
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And it almost...
[He shakes his head.]
It could have gone bad. I was lucky, and the agent who found me showed me mercy. Not everyone in my situation got that lucky.
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Did... whatever he give you go out of control?
[He wouldn't be the first person she's met who was in such a situation.
But Shun wasn't fortunate enough to survive his.]
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Which is apparently more common than you might think.
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[She pulls her arms behind her back, hand gripping the forearm of the other.]
Mm, I'm not surprised. My world faced the same danger.
[If Shun hadn't accepted death... who knows how much damage would have been done? Each cantus user has the power of a nuclear bomb, Tomiko had explained, with one big difference:
The "bomb" could go off any number of times, because the mind could recharge.]
How did they stop you?
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...not all of us made it through that training, but I was one of the ones who did.
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Not all of us... there were others?
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...What happened to the ones who didn't escape, but didn't make it through training?
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[Listen to that dry voice right there.]
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I'm asking because the villages would eliminate us if we didn't have a strong enough cantus, or if we displayed bad behavior. But that doesn't account for your own powers turning on you.
[It's very similar - yet just a little different.]
What happened to the ones who didn't make it through training?
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...People really are the same no matter what time, aren't they?
[But it's a quiet question, posed to no one in particular.]
Was the friend you knew forever someone who was with you during training?
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...but that friend of mine is fine. She's alive and well right now.
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[How could she, in light of that?]
Did she survive training? Or did she escape?
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[She's not sure what she hopes for. Because on one hand, it might give the girl peace of mind not know know. But...
If it were Saki, she'd be worried sick anyway.]
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[She's still worried sick, though. Because Dazai is a dumbass who gets himself into trouble.]
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Then it isn't only you?
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[Actually-]
...Why did you decide to help us, anyway?
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