rupert catchall

[wisterin]

will anyone call him richard this game

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[agleam]

[he pauses for a long moment, taking in that meaning as his expression grows more concerned.]

Was this... back in your home, or - in your last group?

[wisterin]

In my last group. Even if everyone knew the dead weren't completely gone, that doesn't mean it still won't hurt.

[ at least, it hurt for her. ]

[agleam]

So... Whoever was in charge asked you to kill, but you ended up taking the place of whoever you chose?

[just to make sure he's understanding.]

[wisterin]

[ she's silent for a beat. ]

Yes.

[agleam]

[he wasn't put in the position to confess, but - it still feels wrong to him to let her say something so vulnerable and not match it.]

...I think that was really brave of you. When I was put in the same situation - I don't think I looked hard enough for a way to do something like that.

[wisterin]

[ something flickers in her expression. whether he can see it from how the confessional booth is set up is up to you.

it wasn't bravery in her mind when killing people she didn't think deserved it killed her to the point that she became a shadow of herself. she still hasn't recovered from it, but she's trying.

there's a moment of surprise when he tells her he was made to kill as well. ]

You shouldn't have had to. It's terrible to make someone leave people behind. It's terrible to leave people behind yourself.

[agleam]

You shouldn't have had to make that choice, either.

[neither of them should have been put in that position, he thinks, but - here they are anyways, trying to struggle through the feelings it gave them.]

...I hope that you didn't have to leave them for too long.

[wisterin]

Neither of us should have.

[ to have to kill to save doesn't make the circumstances that much better in her mind. ]

It wasn't that long. [ considering how a number of people she considered significant joined her in the graveyard soon enough. ] And we were lucky enough to save everyone.

[agleam]

[after a moment, thoughtful and somber:]

But it doesn't really make it less painful, right? To have left them at all, or - to be forced into doing that kind of thing in the first place.