[It's fine, he'll just hold him with one arm and pet the back of his hair while looking at the letters still.]
...the trouble with a competition like this, especially this late in the game, is that anyone who's hurt will have been a friend of someone else. What Ray-kun did for this game was extraordinary. It's hardly a surprise he drew such attention.
When people are angry, and focused, I imagine it's incredibly hard to change their minds. I don't know if you could have stopped Ishikirimaru-san and Sasuke-kun. They were actions driven by anger, and this is precisely the reason I opposed to the idea of a killing game in the first place. It's a cause of poor judgment on everyone's part.
But now...it's hard, isn't it? Wanting to give so many people closure, but knowing that there's a bigger task at hand. Do you suppose the people who were friends with those two girls will listen to reason as to why it's happened?
No - because you don't listen to anything when it's someone who's close to you. If something happened to you, or to Taka, or Ishirin-san... I'd still be angry, at first. But the difference is... I didn't know them well enough to be able to let go of my anger. Not yet, anyway. Because I don't know why they hurt Ray-kun, and maybe even if I didn't, I don't think I'd be able to forgive them.
[he can't forgive Guy, after all. even if he also doesn't hate him as much as everyone else]
... but I think it'd make me mad, to hear people say they were innocent. I know that they were kind to people, so they couldn't have been completely bad, but they still -
[hurt someone, for reasons that senri doesn't know, and he can't let go. not until he gets an answer, and he doesn't think that he'll get one yet.]
I... don't know what to do, Tamaki...
[he doesn't know how to be better than what he is.]
...neither do I. [Which is the unfortunate part, but he continues what he's doing to try and navigate the conversation.] It's difficult to move forward when it's something like this. When an answer is just within reach, but you can't quite grasp it. Do you continue doing whatever it takes to accomplish it? Or do you bide your time to make sure your answer will be satisfactory?
Please hear out others first. Give them a chance to speak and grieve...and then present them with the truth. I believe it may be easier to process after that point.
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...the trouble with a competition like this, especially this late in the game, is that anyone who's hurt will have been a friend of someone else. What Ray-kun did for this game was extraordinary. It's hardly a surprise he drew such attention.
When people are angry, and focused, I imagine it's incredibly hard to change their minds. I don't know if you could have stopped Ishikirimaru-san and Sasuke-kun. They were actions driven by anger, and this is precisely the reason I opposed to the idea of a killing game in the first place. It's a cause of poor judgment on everyone's part.
But now...it's hard, isn't it? Wanting to give so many people closure, but knowing that there's a bigger task at hand. Do you suppose the people who were friends with those two girls will listen to reason as to why it's happened?
[Not judgmental, but genuinely wondering here.]
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No - because you don't listen to anything when it's someone who's close to you. If something happened to you, or to Taka, or Ishirin-san... I'd still be angry, at first. But the difference is... I didn't know them well enough to be able to let go of my anger. Not yet, anyway. Because I don't know why they hurt Ray-kun, and maybe even if I didn't, I don't think I'd be able to forgive them.
[he can't forgive Guy, after all. even if he also doesn't hate him as much as everyone else]
... but I think it'd make me mad, to hear people say they were innocent. I know that they were kind to people, so they couldn't have been completely bad, but they still -
[hurt someone, for reasons that senri doesn't know, and he can't let go. not until he gets an answer, and he doesn't think that he'll get one yet.]
I... don't know what to do, Tamaki...
[he doesn't know how to be better than what he is.]
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Please hear out others first. Give them a chance to speak and grieve...and then present them with the truth. I believe it may be easier to process after that point.