Honestly... There's some people I'd like to discount as well. [ He's only human -- so is she, and he mimics the touch she'd given him earlier, his fingers brushing her cheek. ] Shishi, I'm sure between the two of us we'll be able to figure out... or rather, lend whoever you're worried for an alibi.
[ ...Mmm. It's his turn to hug her, resting his head against hers. ]
Me too. That's someone I'd like to discount, too...
[ Because, for everything he is, Wei Wuxian is nice. Wei Wuxian is someone he could call, maybe, a friend? He's not someone Tsukasa could think - would think - is capable of something as horrific as what's happened so far. ]
I wonder if he's the one who's sent me such threatening notes through Shigure, too... Ah, not really threatening-threatening, but very angry ones. [ "Do your job!" and all. ] ...No, we're supposed to be building a case for him. Er, his alibi...
[ ...he doesn't know where to begin, because there's no way he can confirm his location at all times. The town is tight-knit, but not that much. ]
No, I don't think he'd harass you or your partner that way.
[ At least she's pretty sure about that. She can't say she knows him as much as others, but she thinks she has a good enough read of his character. She also knows his past, so she knows he's not incapable. It's just now...
Is it so wrong to not want to suspect someone you care about? She knows it's too soft-hearted of her to think that way. ]
It's fine. You don't have to suspect. I don't want to believe it's him. I can continue to do so.
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[ It is perhaps some of their similarities that made Xie Lian endear himself to her so quickly.
Here, Shinobu's smile falls away, and she looks off at the wall. ]
I have some suspicions, but I don't want to admit one of them. I hope it's not him.
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Honestly... There's some people I'd like to discount as well. [ He's only human -- so is she, and he mimics the touch she'd given him earlier, his fingers brushing her cheek. ] Shishi, I'm sure between the two of us we'll be able to figure out... or rather, lend whoever you're worried for an alibi.
[ well
maybe. for her sake, he kind of hopes so. ]
...Tell me?
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There's a small, almost unnoticeable tremble.
In the softest whisper: ]
Wei Wuxian.
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Me too. That's someone I'd like to discount, too...
[ Because, for everything he is, Wei Wuxian is nice. Wei Wuxian is someone he could call, maybe, a friend? He's not someone Tsukasa could think - would think - is capable of something as horrific as what's happened so far. ]
I wonder if he's the one who's sent me such threatening notes through Shigure, too... Ah, not really threatening-threatening, but very angry ones. [ "Do your job!" and all. ] ...No, we're supposed to be building a case for him. Er, his alibi...
[ ...he doesn't know where to begin, because there's no way he can confirm his location at all times. The town is tight-knit, but not that much. ]
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[ At least she's pretty sure about that. She can't say she knows him as much as others, but she thinks she has a good enough read of his character. She also knows his past, so she knows he's not incapable. It's just now...
Is it so wrong to not want to suspect someone you care about? She knows it's too soft-hearted of her to think that way. ]
It's fine. You don't have to suspect. I don't want to believe it's him. I can continue to do so.