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[provenworth]

[Its been a while since Elena's made any sort of announcement since she last announced the opening of her shop. She'd been the busy little bee, what with the daily work of running a shop and the personal classes she offered. And this feed has none of that excitement previously heard.]

K-Kimihiko....

[Her voice is certainly a lot lower than usual, and

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[Voice]

[gaveherwings]

Ooe...

[There were still too many questions about that man yet unanswered. But without Shinji and Kazuhiko here-

Well, that made a death no less relevant or poignant, did it?]

...Are you alright? What happened?

[Voice]

[provenworth]

[That voice...ah yes, she's placed it now. Doctor Yumeno, from before. It's been a while since they'd talked, hadn't it?]

....I've been better. [Far better actually. She's just barely done the medical basics for her two gunshot wounds and burns, but she couldn't just leave him there. Alone.] I-I was having my normal class with Kimi when he just... It happened so fast, I can't really say what happened. I was talking to Kimihiko, then it wasn't Kimihiko...

[Voice]

[gaveherwings]

Then it wasn't Kimihiko?

Could it be that he was a part of the project as well?

[Private]

Please tell me as much as you can.

[Voice] || Private

[provenworth]

I....I don't really.....

[She gives a little shuddering sigh before continuing.]

[Private]

Like I said, we were having our normal class and I was showing him proper form and grip. When I stepped aside to let him have a go, he moved forward and prepared himself to fire and....and.....he froze. I should have figured something was up but...I just thought he was pushing out some of the extra thoughts and clearing his mind.

Then next thing I know he....he's talking in this voice I've never heard him use before. He shot me! And then I hear Kimi's voice and its some sort of internal battle between them two...

[Voice] || Private

[gaveherwings]

One of his associates has shown similar capacity for two personalities installed into the same mind. It's more of an experimental programming than a personality disorder, though Kimihiko never mentioned that he was a subject of the same project...

[Voice] || Private

[provenworth]

....Oh. I never noticed any signs of dual personalities with Kimi during any of our sessions. But there's no denying what I saw. There was someone - something - else living inside Kimihiko.

Re: [Voice] || Private

[gaveherwings]

...well. There is one way to confirm my theory. But...it will have to wait for the autopsy report.

[Voice] || Private

[provenworth]

You can find that out during an autopsy? I didn't know....

[There's a shirt pause.]

Do...you need access to an intact brain?

Re: [Voice] || Private

[gaveherwings]

No. There would be a visible barcode, if you pulled down the eyelid-

[Voice] || Private

[provenworth]

Ah....I.... I'm sorry, I can't....

[Touch him. Although his body laid on the floor only a few feet away, his face draped with a spare shirt she had tucked under one of her cabinets, she hadn't touched him since. Couldn't. It just...didn't feel right.]

I can have the undertaker....or whoever comes to get him look. Would that do?

Re: [Voice] || Private

[gaveherwings]

Wait! No, I'm not asking you to-

...I know someone on the SPPD who can take a look at the coroner's report.

[Voice] || Private

[provenworth]

O-oh! I'm sorry, I misunderstood.

Are you sure it would be all right? I wouldn't want to put any sort of pressure on you or make you have to use any contacts unnecessarily...

Re: [Voice] || Private

[gaveherwings]

I wouldn't want to put you in an incriminating position, simply to confirm or deny a hunch.

[Voice] || Private

[provenworth]

...You have a point. I'm sure to get the third degree once the police show up already...

[There's a short pause.]

Would...would you let me know if your theory is correct about Kimihiko?

Re: [Voice] || Private

[gaveherwings]

If I hear anything, yes. I'm sorry...you must be quite shaken, right now.