Chiron would have volunteered himself anyway, I'm pretty sure of that. Because he would've felt it was the right thing to do. [ she sounds. very tired, and a little... maybe a little upset about it, but the upset isn't directed anywhere. ]
[ still. she doesn't like having to sacrifice her team. and out of the three volunteers, of course she's the one still here. as has been her entire life experience.
there is. a long pause before clementine elaborates. ]
We... Told Dorothy she wasn't protected. It only works if you don't know, and we didn't want to risk her guessing that she was safe.
... Didn't think about what someone might do to make it a quicker death if they thought she was fucked anyway.
[ she leans down to pick up the hat, and drop it back over the back of clem's head. it's absolutely not at the right angle, but the thought is there. ]
[ but she doesn't sound mad. it's never been about getting justice, here. solving murders is a matter of getting answers, nova, whatever—knowing who killed soo-won was just so they had someone to vote for, even if her heart did want the closure.
they eventually arrived at dorothy. she was, objectively, the best choice. ]
But that just goes to show that no one is safe here. Even if everything goes right and we use everything at our disposal... it's no one's fault.
But you didn't make that decision alone. And I could've insisted on finding another culprit anyway. Someone else could've fessed up... We're all complicit in almost everything that happens here.
[ she voted for dorothy. dorothy killed someone. ange didn't pull her punches at all. there are a hundred things they've all done to lead to this exact conclusion—there is no one string to blame for the entire tapestry. ]
...I know it won't stop you from feeling gross, but at least you tried to make the best of a bad situation.
[ quietly, she's reminded of mob's death, and some of the gems used on kano—all probably judgment calls based on good intentions. does that make it better not to try at all? she wonders. ]
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pats her on the back. ]
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It was my fault.
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[ she's just gonna sit herself down on one of the beds nearby. ]
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... And Ange... [ ........ she does not elaborate on this one? ]
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Chiron would have volunteered himself anyway, I'm pretty sure of that. Because he would've felt it was the right thing to do. [ she sounds. very tired, and a little... maybe a little upset about it, but the upset isn't directed anywhere. ]
... Ange?
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there is. a long pause before clementine elaborates. ]
We... Told Dorothy she wasn't protected. It only works if you don't know, and we didn't want to risk her guessing that she was safe.
... Didn't think about what someone might do to make it a quicker death if they thought she was fucked anyway.
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... that’s not something any of us could predict. Especially with Ange, well... keeping things secret in the way she did.
It did work. It just... didn’t stick. I don’t think any amount of planning could account for that.
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thank you alex. ]
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...You did what you could. Don't blame yourself.
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We fucked it up, though.
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No, these things happen, even when you do everything right.
[ that's just how it goes, sometimes. ]
If you hadn't told me yesterday, I wouldn't have backed off of Won's death. And we voted for the right person in the end.
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We just... Knew she was safe. She was supposed to be safe. We didn't want any distractions from the safe target.
[ and yet. ]
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[ but she doesn't sound mad. it's never been about getting justice, here. solving murders is a matter of getting answers, nova, whatever—knowing who killed soo-won was just so they had someone to vote for, even if her heart did want the closure.
they eventually arrived at dorothy. she was, objectively, the best choice. ]
But that just goes to show that no one is safe here. Even if everything goes right and we use everything at our disposal... it's no one's fault.
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It is my fault, though. We - shouldn't have said anything to her.
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That's the problem with getting involved. You find all kinds of ways to beat yourself up when something goes wrong.
...Do you blame any of the other roles?
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... No. But I was the one who said it was a good idea to tell her.
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[ she voted for dorothy. dorothy killed someone. ange didn't pull her punches at all. there are a hundred things they've all done to lead to this exact conclusion—there is no one string to blame for the entire tapestry. ]
...I know it won't stop you from feeling gross, but at least you tried to make the best of a bad situation.
[ quietly, she's reminded of mob's death, and some of the gems used on kano—all probably judgment calls based on good intentions. does that make it better not to try at all? she wonders. ]
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... You're right.
I just... I was starting to get used to things going right. As right as they could, within the bullshit rules here.