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...Even hypothetically, you shouldn't be telling me...

[ It's an uncomfortable position she's put in, and that's probably the point. Never mind being the vice principal—

She turns to Komaeda, takes a moment, and then looks at Shuichi again, leaning in slightly. ]

I would be in no position to stop you, Saihara-kun. Do you understand? I cannot interfere.

[ Not to prevent, not to enable, even if her eyes are pleading. Would she offer 300 points? Do it and find out (: ]

[commences]

( there's a shiver down his spine as he hears saihara speak, for the ultimate detective to mention murdering another person without hesitation. it sounds almost too natural, but he doesn't turn his heard to look at him, instead, he keeps his eyes face forward as he feels that subtle itch in his chest. it's risky, something he didn't expect out of him, and he wonders does that stem from his profession — is that why it's so easy for him? is that how far his hope will go? )

Why? When he murders... the information is given to you once someone finds out, right?

( he does pretty well in keeping his voice natural despite being so interested in saihara's way of talking about life or death. the room feels a little hot, but he appears unbothered as he watches the way their vice principal's eyes leave from him to saihara. komaeda shifts his gaze to look around the room just to know if they're the only one's inside or not to hear this conversation. )

What's wrong with a little heads up, though... you are pretty incompetent, what's the point of your position if you can't do something as simple as nurture the hopes of your students.

( he says that, thoughtful as he slides one hand into the pocket of his jacket. )

[unsurely]

[ "Without hesitation" was with a lot of hesitation actually, but Komaeda's mind is just gonna do its thing huh... Either way, it's not like Saihara knows; sure, he does notice him kind of shuffling in place, and that does concern him a little... but talking to the Vice Principal is what takes precedence right now. ]

Ah... w-wait. Komaeda-kun, that's... taking it a little too far.

[ He has trouble imagining calling the person more or less in charge of the school incompetent is going to get them anything productive. Even if he was willing to play along with roundabout means to gain answers. So... he'll focus back on the topic for now, weighing what he can even ask. ]

But then... are you saying the points were not interfering? Offering an incentive like that to the student body... At the very least, I have trouble imagining they'd have just... ignored it.

[ No, there were probably lots of people who would have wanted -- and taken -- those points if they could. So what was the meaning behind them, then? ]

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[ There are other staff members inside the office, doing that thing where they sit and shuffle papers and pretend they're not listening in but they are- but with the sort of detached curiosity where they will get up and leave for class once it gets closer to the start of class time.

Either way, the vice principal's desk is in a corner and she doesn't pay her coworkers any mind, just looking between Komaeda and Shuichi as they speak in turn. She gives Komaeda a thin lipped smile at being asked what the point is of her position, because honestly? she asks herself the same thing every day. ]

It's not, when it's a system long since set up by the school's principal.

[ Like a background thing, that becomes universal knowledge. Awarding points for solving Aiko's murder is after the fact as well, and wasn't involved in incentivizing her murder— even what Komaeda had said, "even the culprit rewarded," is a weak incentive when the same points can be earned through normal day to day school activities, and those same points have only been used at the vending machines as far as they know. ]

[commences]

( a system long set up by the school principal, one they didn't even know about, and without them, komaeda was able to act in order to push the students forward. aiko's sacrifice was what they needed towards nurturing the hope around him, and part of him says that he'd do it again if he needed. he sighs softly, raising his prosthetic hand first to stare at the lack of lifelines, and this does nothing for his ever turning mind. he switches to his organic hand to see his fingers twitch, wondering if he's been sitting in place for far too long, and he thinks so. with that decided, he gets up from his chair, kicking it back with his foot so that it falls, clattering to the floor.. )

You can't interfere, and you follow the rules set by the principal.

( he'll close the distance between him and the vice principal's desk, and once the edge presses into his legs, komaeda will crawl on top — sitting himself down on the surface, and maybe knocking some things over? once comfortable, he'll cross his legs (looking behind him to make sure he can block their visual of both of them) while he sits so he can watch her more closely as soon as he turns back to her proper. )

Look at me instead... I'm curious about your hope, and if it'll be useful to an Ultimate like him. ( she is not worthy to look at him! ) ...What's the point of your existence if not to be used towards feeding their hope...?

( he picks at the sleeve of his normal arm, flinching slightly because it's already tender, but because of saihara's mean ass... it hurts again, but he enjoys it... his eyes fall onto the vice principal's arms like he wants to see. )