Week 4, Post-Trial: Akira

[withsadness]

Akira!

[Mary runs to catch up with him, grabbing onto his arm.]

Hey, hey...are you alright? You got three votes, but it didn't seem like you did anything wrong at all!

[His hair was a possible match for the lock found on Chuuya, but ultimately it had been a dead end. Had people still suspected him for something as silly as that? It's strange...]

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[withsadness]

Me, too...I didn't talk to her that much, but she seemed very nice. She made me laugh.

[Mary frowns, and looks down.]

Do you think a lot of the people here have someone they're thinking of?

[purrtagonist]

She made me laugh, too.

[on many occasions. and now he is in charge of a chickenpig, on Miki's behalf. he'll take very good care of the creature, no worries. "where is it now, Al" IT'S SOMEWHERE BEING DOTED ON, DON'T ASK]

And of course I do. [there's no uncertainty in that response] Everyone has at least one person they miss or love, right?

[withsadness]

I guess everyone would.

[This is her cue to, like, contribute to the conversation. About who she misses. But...nope. She just kind of gets a far-away look on her face.

...okay Mary.]

[purrtagonist]

[. . . okay Mary. it's okay; he'll gently prod]

Do you have someone like that, Mary?