catchall harrowhark

[skyagain]

manifesting me dying

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[outsidebones]

[it's horrible in here. just skeletons city.]

...Stupid. Why wouldn't he say 'I didn't kill Rupert or Kaeya.' What a waste of time.

[like it's diluc's fault.]

[skyagain]

... By the time we thought to ask, even that answer would've been too late.

[ though he can't blame her for being mad at diluc. ]

[outsidebones]

[it has nothing to do with him at all! she's just angry.]

I'm such a fool. The moment I suspected her, I ought to have simply solved Kaeya's murder rather than devolve into hysterics.

[skyagain]

... You were a lot more level-headed than most people I've seen in hysterics. [ just, sobbing solving? she tried. is what he means. ] We didn't have enough pieces to figure it out fully.

[outsidebones]

[was she though...]

I'm certain we could have. We just didn't.

[skyagain]

[ in fifteen minutes???? doubt???? but he doesn't bother saying it. he gets the feeling ]

... What do you think you could have done, then? To figure it out.

[outsidebones]

Used logic to narrow down the possibilities.

[skyagain]

Great. So do that now, then. What's the logic you forgot to use in trial?

[outsidebones]

I'm hardly focused on it now.

[skyagain]

Yeah. For obvious reasons. [ he gives her a Look ] So I'm not seeing why you'd bother blaming yourself for maybe twenty minutes.

[outsidebones]

[a sigh.]

I have high expectations for myself. If I don't maintain them, who will.

[skyagain]

High expectations, fine. But you're verging on impossible ones.

[outsidebones]

Hmm. If you say so.

[disagreement noises...]

[skyagain]

... You can't blame yourself for this.

[outsidebones]

It's a little more complex than you realize.

[skyagain]

... So explain it to me.

[outsidebones]

I can't.

[skyagain]

[ he opens his mouth again but closes it, sighing and shaking his head ]

Look, I didn't come here to argue.

[outsidebones]

[she hesitates, starts biting her nails.]

...I know you didn't.

[skyagain]

... I still think you're being too hard on yourself, but I'm not going to try to convince you otherwise.