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[his mouth thins at that, and there's another long stretch of silence. then.]

Was she your partner?

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...no. I don't know... who it was that she was partnered to.

[a little shake of his head.]

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[some of the tension eases from him at that, but.]

...I voted for Daan because I didn't want two people to die.

[He told me to look after her.]

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So did I.

[he... couldn't do that to someone when-- there are so few of us.]

Th-though I think some of us... couldn't take making the choice at all, considering the votes.

[and, well, speaking of not being able to take things. he's quiet again for a moment, before:]

...I'm... sorry for yesterday, too.

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[there's a beat before Lavi realizes what Mathis means, and he sighs.]

You were following up on something that was suspicious.

[Whoever fucking did that didn't do us any favors.]

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Mm. That, too, but... I meant...

[i misstepped, that's all.

or at least, he's fairly sure he did, with how lavi reacted.]

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...I didn't want to look at them. Either of them.

[I didn't want to look at them and wish we got who killed Yuu instead. I didn't want to look at their tragedies and only feel envy.]

So I had to walk away.

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Lavi...

[those thoughts are-- he can't help but wilt a bit, thinking, i wish we had too. i wanted to. he deserved better.]

-I'm sorry that we didn't.

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[there's a beat of silence where Lavi just looks off into the distance and doesn't think much of all,]

We'll get 'em next time.