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[adsum]

Yes, of course. I remember a full graduating class without a single loss of life, once. I'm under the impression that is supposed to be the norm in most educational facilities...

[ Imagine, a Yogen without murder... It's actually easy to imagine. But sometimes, things happen. ]

Murder is a choice... even when it feels like you have none. It was your choice.

[crystallomancy]

People just happen to make that choice more often than not HERE.

( ...But why? His seniors graduated without spilling any real blood; he, too, is going to graduate without doing so — or he would have, in Yumenosaki. Why is it different here?

The rules, maybe? Last year, the rules only let one person graduate; the rules are different this year, apparently. If they change every time power shifts to someone new, then it's possible there was at least one year where everything was just...

Normal.

That would've been nice. )

...It is the norm for most education faciliTIES. This school's just — ( Wrong? ) UniQUE.

( A nicer word. )

What year was THAT?

[adsum]

1968, in the middle of an influenza pandemic... Our class size was relatively small that year. Perhaps that contributed.

[ Still! No loss of life. Take that, world. A win for Yogen. ]

[crystallomancy]

( A win for Yogen. )

Were there any special conditions for that YEAR? I know of the one for last year's graduaTION.

( "Know of" is a nice neutral term, straddling between "heard" and "remember". )

[adsum]

Graduation is awarded for those who work hard and do everything they can to achieve their goals. Rather than conditions... it's the people who change from year to year. Even one person can make all the difference between how things would otherwise have turned out.

[crystallomancy]

( Hm. )

Do you have your eye on any potential fate-changing stuDENTS, Arata-sensei?

[adsum]

Of course I have my favorites. But I won't name names.

[crystallomancy]

Afraid they'll be taken OUT?

[adsum]

[ He laughs. ]

My words won't paint any larger target on their backs than they already have. Students such as these, they have many people who wish to take them out, but just as many who wish to protect them. What happens will happen.

[crystallomancy]

Like Komaeda-san, you MEAN.

( Like, as stupid as it is, he does, by some miracle, have people who like him and want to see him not die. Not that he can so easily anyway, which is frustrating in itself. )

But we're not supposed to talk about other students, RIGHT? ( (: ) My apoloGIES.

( he's not sorry tho he's never sorryyyyyyy )

[adsum]

[ There's a smile that'll have to stand in for confirmation, because he's not supposed to name names. ]

There are others. [ "too" is implied, doesn't need to be said ]

I am hopeful for you as well, Sakasaki. You have already shaken fate.

[crystallomancy]

( ...He'd expect his actions to have some sort of effect, yeah, but to that extent? )

What do you mean by THAT?

[adsum]

Do you not think so? Every person's actions makes ripples, each ripple touches those nearby and irreversibly affects them. Your actions were not insignificant.

[ Maybe fate won't veer wildly off course after what happened, but shaken? Yes. ]

[crystallomancy]

I'd be happier about the idea if it were a positive ripPLE.

( What good came out of... Well, certain information people may or may not believe, he guesses.

Actually. This has been bothering him slightly, but now that he thinks about it. )

How much do you know about what hapPENED?

[adsum]

Who says it's not?

[ Good things came out of it! Not for Natsume, but, still. ]

How much I know is irrelevant. In counseling, I wish to hear events from my students' point of view. Your version of the tale is what affects you, not the objective truth.

[crystallomancy]

( but mr counselor sir it matters to him..... )

And is the objective truth generally different from a student's point of VIEW, or do they often match UP? ( ... ) And why not offer grief counseling to those affected by the lose of those they LIKED? Kawai-san could benefit from IT.

[adsum]

...Grief is best processed with those you are close to. Do you really believe Kawai would accept words of comfort from somebody like me?

[ The Counselor. Faculty member. Stranger. Enemy of the state. ]

Most people are resistant to talking about their vulnerabilities, and grief is when they are at their most vulnerable.

[crystallomancy]

...You aren't good with social sciences anyWAY, so I suppose you wouldn't be very good at it regardLESS.

( :/ )

But back to the objective TRUTH. Do you believe me if I tell you I was poSSESSED for three of those murDERS, or do you think that was just what I think haPPENED?

[adsum]

If that is your belief, I believe you.

[ ? there is no difference ]

[crystallomancy]

( ...hmmmmgh. )

Objectively speaKING, is what I said TRUE.

[adsum]

You tell me. You remember the feeling of possession... of your body moving and your conscience not stepping in as it's supposed to. Do you remember when you were yourself again? When was that?

[crystallomancy]

( similar words he'd spoken at the meeting, or maybe possession is more common here than other places.

but he guesses he'll test something. )

...I was on top of Sena-san, asking him what would happen if I let him GO. If he wouldn't try to kill ME, knowing I had just been trying to kill HIM. ( he says it quietly, looking at his hands; they clench in his lap and his lips purse, like it's painful to remember.

and it is. it is, but the timing is a lie, and he continues, the pause just long enough to convey something - remorse, the small bit of fear he must have had, the finality. ) I killed Sena-san - it wasn't by some posseSSION. That's just what kickstarted IT. I didn't want to DIE, Arata-sensei.

[adsum]

And that is your truth?

[ He locks eyes with Natsume, nothing readable in them. ]

Tell me about the other two.

[crystallomancy]

( it's not, but he can pretend to be the monster some people would like him to be for a little while.

his gaze doesn't shift either now; these weren't directly his fault and no one was really upset about them, anyway. not as upset as over izumi or chiaki. )

I hit them before THAT. Those were a product of the posseSSION. I don't think they were dead THOUGH, so I hope the ground brought them the mercy I didn't show them THEN.

[adsum]

If you didn't mean to do something, it's not your fault. If you don't remember doing something, you can't be held accountable. What do you think?