AUDIENCE: SOO-WON

[retellers]

Comments

[recrowns]

[hmmm]

Did we generate more as a whole due to voting correctly during trial this week?

I still wonder what it is that puts Wolf so far ahead then.... Even Rabbit, given what I know about Hilda and how murder doesn't seem to generate all that much nova.

[retellers]

[ awkwardly, ] Well... um, a lot of my team voted for you last week. [ ... ] I could not say why Wolf and Rabbit's teams do so well.

[recrowns]

Did they? That's good, it made some amount of sense to.

[he's only not bothered because he didn't get the most votes]

Hmm... I'll chat with them. You know I've found Hilda, right?

[retellers]

I am aware.

[recrowns]

What are your thoughts on it?

It sounds like what she went through last week with Rabbit lines up with what Shima did with Fox this week.

[retellers]

... If nothing else, it's true that things never fully re-stabilized after Virid spilled blood, back then. Rabbit and Fox get along with each other better than they do with some of the others, so if it's a lie, it's not impossible for them be co-conspirators... but I have never had a reason to believe in any malice from them.

[recrowns]

[he nods at that...]

I don't think they have reason to, either - but I did hear that they're rather close. Or at least they think that they're similar to one another.

I suppose if it happens a third week in a row we'll see and truly determine then if that's a pattern.

Do you think that the nova splintering has something to do with the creature that's eating the nova?

[retellers]

[ hmm ] It may not be unrelated, exactly... but more directly, I suspect it was because of how Virid's actions destabilized the Realm. Perhaps a combination of the two? [ basically virid Ruined Everything ]

[recrowns]

.... is that so.

[he looks thoughtful at that]

Is that why I haven't been able to find anyone whose PHS was blinking that first weekend? Or maybe I'm not asking the right people still...

Did Virid create the monster somehow? Or was that always in existence?

[retellers]

It's possible that that... "feature" [ he sounds so uncertain? is that the right word? ] didn't yet exist, if the Realm didn't expect it. Though, it's also possible that no one is willing to admit to it... [ he shakes his head. ] I think the monster was there from the start.

[recrowns]

Ah.... Well, I have a few more people left to ask before I'm certain - but that's something to consider. I may never be able to find Virid's team then.

[too bad.]

Do you think the monster is what caused the Realm to be disrupted in the first place? Do you know what the monster is capable of, or how long it's been there?

[retellers]

Um... in order, yes; from what we can tell, it doesn't do much other than eat nova; and no.

[recrowns]

[ . . . . he'll reach up to pat goat's head]

... I'm taxing you more with my questions, aren't I?

Thank you, nonetheless, for answering them.

[retellers]

[ headpat! ] It's what I'm meant to do.

[recrowns]

Hmm.... based on the duty assigned to you by the Realm, I suppose so. And I'm glad that we get to work together.

But as your friend, I'd rather give you a moment to recover.

[retellers]

I'm sure I've dealt with worse.

[recrowns]

I don't know if that's as reassuring as you think?

[retellers]

[ he just blinks. why are you not reassured, soo-won!! ]

[recrowns]

Even though I'm glad that this is not the worst thing that you have gone through...

I am a bit unhappy knowing you have gone through worse things.

[retellers]

I-It's fine...! No matter what I've gone through, I'm here now, right?

[recrowns]

You are.

[and his expression does soften a bit at that]

And I'm glad for that.

But that doesn't mean that what you've gone through in the past didn't hurt, or that it doesn't matter. Right?

[retellers]

[ ... he's silent at that. ]

[recrowns]

[he's just going to offer up a smile and reach for goat's hand]

I don't mean to scold you.

I only mean to remind you that I care about you, and any harm coming to you at all is something I'll find displeasing.

[retellers]

[ soo-won sure is milking the fact that he can touch goat without consequence, which is to say that goat lets him. ] ... I know. Thank you.

[recrowns]

[yea he's the only person soo-won can really touch this week]

As long as you know.

Should I ask after a hint for another person on our team besides Xie Lian?