[ It's not as apparent...? Outside his circle? The way Maya phrases that gives Shuichi pause, to the point he shrinks back from the flinch he'd initially given, a normal reaction as she calls out the body in the display for what it is. Not a doll. Or actually... she didn't even call it a body. He's thought about that himself -- he'd have more to say on the matter had this happened before. But right now, there's only the cold shiver he feels down his spine as he freezes in place, and the all-too-familiar sting of doubt in his head.
Was he wrong about the armband after all...? Maybe it was just the culprit attempting to frame him -- there's a part of him that most certainly wants to run there, wants to hide from the rest of the implications he'd have to think of instead. ]
...Right. I think Sakasaki-kun has a point. No matter how you look at it, something like a job I've been doing for years is... ah, I mean, I might not be anything special... but isn't this level of discrepancy kind of odd?
[ ...Maybe if some explanation for this comes, then he doesn't have to think about it. He doesn't have to consider he shouldn't be doubting his deduction, and anything that comes after. It's fine. He's not panicking internally a little or anything. He doesn't even care how weird this all sounds anymore. ]
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[ It's not as apparent...? Outside his circle? The way Maya phrases that gives Shuichi pause, to the point he shrinks back from the flinch he'd initially given, a normal reaction as she calls out the body in the display for what it is. Not a doll. Or actually... she didn't even call it a body. He's thought about that himself -- he'd have more to say on the matter had this happened before. But right now, there's only the cold shiver he feels down his spine as he freezes in place, and the all-too-familiar sting of doubt in his head.
Was he wrong about the armband after all...? Maybe it was just the culprit attempting to frame him -- there's a part of him that most certainly wants to run there, wants to hide from the rest of the implications he'd have to think of instead. ]
...Right. I think Sakasaki-kun has a point. No matter how you look at it, something like a job I've been doing for years is... ah, I mean, I might not be anything special... but isn't this level of discrepancy kind of odd?
[ ...Maybe if some explanation for this comes, then he doesn't have to think about it. He doesn't have to consider he shouldn't be doubting his deduction, and anything that comes after. It's fine. He's not panicking internally a little or anything. He doesn't even care how weird this all sounds anymore. ]