Several, fortunately, seeing as this post-afterlife spares us many moments of no consequence.
[Caren finds few reasons to leave the hotel itself, but she's out today, spending time at the McDonald's if only because it happens to be renowned for its coffee choices.]
What can I do for you with all these spare moments?
[Makoto is ok with never, ever having McDonalds again. And the coffee would just remind her of, well. Akira. She sits across from her, since. well. they have all these spare moments.]
I wanted to see if whatever revenge you wanted on Akira is finished.
[Caren has such mixed feelings about McDonald's by now... In some ways, it's a little sickening to be in one. A little exhilarating, too. Maybe it's some form of meditation to be here.
She lets Makoto speak, gaze sympathetic but firm.]
I'm afraid you are mistaken. It was never about revenge.
Would you prefer I answer for the actions of my former Servant or for myself? I can't tell you how different the answers will be, but the actions we took were different, in the end, though we were both aware of his status and acting based on that information.
... That was not my understanding, even then. I was... perhaps too trusting of Terra's word. But he wasn't lying, not completely.
[she pauses, as if she might be unsure of what to say. She can't make Caren answer for Assassin. Truthfully, she doesn't want to. But she wants to make sure Akira is safe from retribution.]
I just want to make sure that Akira is safe, and that any and all grudges are buried. If that's the case, then I'm satisfied.
Truthfully... I am hoping the worst of what you could have done is over. I'd told him to protect himself, when he told me the truth. I don't think either of us honestly considered that he was not the one in mortal danger.
[She goes up to get an iced tea refill from the drink machine, comes back, and sits down, twirling the straw wrapper around her index finger.]
I'll say this once. I assume we only have a few days remaining in this place, so I am choosing to spend it as I desire, with the people I... [Her mind nearly short-circuits when it looks for the word she wants to use. When she realizes what it is, Caren ignores it.] ... I want to spend my time with. That is how I'll handle that which remains.
But I believe you are mistaken to ever think a man who watched murder from the shadows, who likely witnessed brutal torture and said nothing, was the one in most mortal danger in this game.
[she allows for that, and closes her eyes at that admonishment. It's true-- regardless of what Akira's feelings were, Makoto felt largely that he had made a huge mistake. And, her trust had been shaken.
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[Caren finds few reasons to leave the hotel itself, but she's out today, spending time at the McDonald's if only because it happens to be renowned for its coffee choices.]
What can I do for you with all these spare moments?
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I wanted to see if whatever revenge you wanted on Akira is finished.
[she's perfectly neutral as she says it]
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She lets Makoto speak, gaze sympathetic but firm.]
I'm afraid you are mistaken. It was never about revenge.
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[she, after all, dead(er) because of some sort of revenge on Akira. She hopes-- otherwise it's more senseless than she thought.]
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Would you prefer I answer for the actions of my former Servant or for myself? I can't tell you how different the answers will be, but the actions we took were different, in the end, though we were both aware of his status and acting based on that information.
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[bluntly, with the slightest flash of anger across her face, obviously her anger at him still hasn't died]
But I want to make sure that when this is over... it's over, as much as it can be.
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[She places one palm flat against the table, exhaling through her nose.]
Speaking of the "game"...My actions were initiated on one motivation only. The understanding that the Reapers were my opponents here.
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[she pauses, as if she might be unsure of what to say. She can't make Caren answer for Assassin. Truthfully, she doesn't want to. But she wants to make sure Akira is safe from retribution.]
I just want to make sure that Akira is safe, and that any and all grudges are buried. If that's the case, then I'm satisfied.
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[There's a flash of genuine curiosity across her features for an instant.]
Just what do you think we could do to harm him?
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Truthfully... I am hoping the worst of what you could have done is over. I'd told him to protect himself, when he told me the truth. I don't think either of us honestly considered that he was not the one in mortal danger.
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[She goes up to get an iced tea refill from the drink machine, comes back, and sits down, twirling the straw wrapper around her index finger.]
I'll say this once. I assume we only have a few days remaining in this place, so I am choosing to spend it as I desire, with the people I... [Her mind nearly short-circuits when it looks for the word she wants to use. When she realizes what it is, Caren ignores it.] ... I want to spend my time with. That is how I'll handle that which remains.
But I believe you are mistaken to ever think a man who watched murder from the shadows, who likely witnessed brutal torture and said nothing, was the one in most mortal danger in this game.
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But she didn't want to show that.]
... For that, you may be right.