THIRTY-TWO | VIDEO

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[ Through a window, (how he'd managed to knock the locusts aside, don't ask) the device records a dark, almost black sky. His voice comes from beyond the image. ]

It's nine in the morning, by the by. And darkness is usually the ninth day. I had thought all this talk of slaughtering the conveniently placed lambs to be a touch rushed, but it does

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[ back after doing some reading on it at last ]

He would hate this. I don't like it either of course.

Thank you.

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I am aware that if Kurosaki And Inoue-san will assuredly not look at me as

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No need.

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It's wasteful, and---

Demeaning. They pull strings and we move. It's like---

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I know.

Xanadu seems to have remained unaffected. Patrolling for nothing. Of course, it could just be a trap.

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Such glorious choices we have before us. Shall we slaughter a lamb at the unspoken behest of a curse and the frivolous deities, acting always just as they intend? Or shall we seek shelter in a spot that has been thus far mysteriously unaffected. Which all but shrieks, yes, trap.

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It's not a question we really have the ability to ask. We do what seems like the best option for surviving.

It would be different if we didn't have anything to go back to.

Well, for some of us.

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Yes. Assuming events stay true to the story, then the best option is the lamb.

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I assume Arisawa is bringing Inoue.

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I believe so.

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Good.