[7rings] catchall for fukuda

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i was so convinced we already had a pc that i spent way too long trying to find it

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w2, saturday

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[w... well.

shi qingxuan comes to visit fukuda in jail.

she, uh, she really does not seem to know what to say.]

[holeful]

I suppose this is what I get for accusing Ming Yi so flippantly, hm?

[He's somehow in his usual airy mood.]

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That's - that's not what I came here to say.

[holeful]

What did you come here to say, then?

[shiftingwinds]

To apologize for voting for you.

...and to ask you more about why you suspected Douman.

[holeful]

It's fine. You were just doing what you thought was right. After all, you know I've killed people before.

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That didn't necessarily mean you'd killed people here. [...] We can't take back the votes, but I don't intend to stop looking into this.

...so, please tell me what made you suspect them.

[holeful]

... It was really just because I think they're strong and dangerous enough to do something that violent. And I know we were thinking it was someone close to Steven. That's all.

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Then, I'll keep that in mind. Thank you.

[she sighs]

...you'll fight tomorrow, won't you?

[holeful]

[He laughs.]

I don't have anything to fight with, miss Qingxuan.

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What, you don't know how to throw a punch?

[holeful]

Not really?

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...that's unexpected.

[holeful]

Is it? It's just not something I ever needed to learn.

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Most people know how to where I come from. Even I do, and I'm not a martial god.

[holeful]

[He shrugs!!]

Well, it's probably for the best I don't make things harder than they need to be.

[shiftingwinds]

...you still think your life is worth less than others?

[holeful]

I think that's what everyone else thinks. So my opinion doesn't really matter. I'd just end up killed by someone else, the way everyone was ready to take out HK-47 if he survived.

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That's different. HK-47 admitted to killing someone. We have proof that you're innocent.

[holeful]

Miss Qingxuan... Just because I didn't kill anyone here doesn't mean I'm innocent.

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...were you planning to hurt anyone here, Fukuda?

[holeful]

[He shakes his head.]

Miss Hondomachi, the detective who caught me, she showed me that what I really wanted was to see someone else make the same decision I did. So I would have only drilled a hole in someone's head here if they asked me to.

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...and I have a hard time imagining anyone asking for that.

So... why do you think they'd try to kill you if you made it out of there alive?

[holeful]

Because they aren't going to believe me if I say I don't want to kill anyone here, I don't think. Especially if I've just killed someone to survive.

[shiftingwinds]

That's not necessarily true. No one's tried to kill me for surviving, and no one's accused me of murder. [a beat.] Except for you, I suppose.