[It's just a bunch of confessions left and right at this point, the game being both a cover for their voices in regards to the others who may stumble upon them, and serving as something to barely focus on when they aren't speaking. Yu nods, however faintly. None of this was going to be easy to say, and he knew it, but... it was time to come clean.]
I know. [He frowns slightly, still playing.] To be honest, I used to be a lone wolf before coming to Inaba. Most of my schedule was ruled by my parents', and outside of that it was clubs I did just to spend my time. No one really bothers the kid that moves around all the time.
[Kind of shocking, isn't it- hearing about who he used to be. He pauses, choosing his words carefully in his own state of shock.
"Your friends were drawn by the spark I stirred in you." Those words had caused so much anger back home, but after all this time... Where would he be now, had it not been for that "gentle push"?
...Damn it, Izanami.]
I was still sick from the day before when I first started school, didn't expect anyone to actually talk to me. So when Chie approached me after class, and then the next day... [He glances over to his best friend, a hint of... something in his eyes.] -Everyone I met was hurting in silence just like I had. I started wanting to reach out and help whoever I could, especially since the murders all started the day after I arrived.
When the weight of responsibility that came from leading the investigation became a burden, it was my friendships with all of you that made it bearable. [That was not a stealth pun, dammit.]
That's when I realized it. The human heart is weak when it's alone, disconnected from others. I was weak, and after Nanako was... [He can't finish the sentence.] -it was because of you and the others that I was able to keep going. If it weren't for that...
[Deep breath.] I don't want to know where any of us would be if it weren't for each other. My power... my desire for reality and truth... It all exists because everyone showed me it isn't so bad after all, and it hurts when hurts when something happens to any of you. If... If anything did, I-
[Well, guess why his fears became a reality and were recorded for the entire tower to see at their leisure.]
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I know. [He frowns slightly, still playing.] To be honest, I used to be a lone wolf before coming to Inaba. Most of my schedule was ruled by my parents', and outside of that it was clubs I did just to spend my time. No one really bothers the kid that moves around all the time.
[Kind of shocking, isn't it- hearing about who he used to be. He pauses, choosing his words carefully in his own state of shock.
"Your friends were drawn by the spark I stirred in you." Those words had caused so much anger back home, but after all this time... Where would he be now, had it not been for that "gentle push"?
...Damn it, Izanami.]
I was still sick from the day before when I first started school, didn't expect anyone to actually talk to me. So when Chie approached me after class, and then the next day... [He glances over to his best friend, a hint of... something in his eyes.] -Everyone I met was hurting in silence just like I had. I started wanting to reach out and help whoever I could, especially since the murders all started the day after I arrived.
When the weight of responsibility that came from leading the investigation became a burden, it was my friendships with all of you that made it bearable. [That was not a stealth pun, dammit.]
That's when I realized it. The human heart is weak when it's alone, disconnected from others. I was weak, and after Nanako was... [He can't finish the sentence.] -it was because of you and the others that I was able to keep going. If it weren't for that...
[Deep breath.] I don't want to know where any of us would be if it weren't for each other. My power... my desire for reality and truth... It all exists because everyone showed me it isn't so bad after all, and it hurts when hurts when something happens to any of you. If... If anything did, I-
[Well, guess why his fears became a reality and were recorded for the entire tower to see at their leisure.]