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[Nagito who normally smiled as much as he could when talking to everyone was rather troubled looking. He held the paper in his hands and sighed heavily before addressing the camera.]

This... this is suppose to be something to root for? This vigilante....

[However, the person from before had already spoken up. Even the paper deemed that person pointless. So who was the other person mentioned who commit those atrocities? Could they be one and the same? Had he missed something?]

All I read was something despair inducing. Who would consider something like that any good at all? I can't believe in this person's hope, they are more a bringer of despair.

[To go so far... it was inhuman. It was like a monster.]

However, I will give one thing to this person, surely such actions and such despicable means will entice Hope among the people as they come together against him. It's the only acceptable way to tolerate this.

[He pauses a moment and laughs cheerlessly to himself.]

Ah... and I thought perhaps this place would be different. I thought perhaps this place was lighter. I thought maybe....

Now, I suppose, it's just about waiting to see what the outcome turns out to be. Please don't disappoint me. I've been disappointed enough lately.

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[He wasn't really sure how to do this, not the physical part of sending the message, but the facing her after the last time they saw each other. Not that she was his first choice for this, but she was the only one around, and the only one he knew exactly where she stood. So with a reluctance he sent her a message.]

Mioda san, have you read the paper? I want to investigate a little about what it wrote about. Surely you don't like what it described either.

[I'm sorry that I upset you.... No. He didn't really feel sorry and he wasn't going to say it even if he did. He would just have to hope that she had enough time to be willing to talk to him again.]

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[Somehow, that doesn't surprise her. Nagito always has been something of a loner, though Ibuki hasn't ever put much thought into how much of that is him avoiding others vs others avoiding him.

He has a point, of course. Despair might not be the aim but it's certainly a viable outcome, its reach being felt already. She's just not sure what difference they can make.

Besides...]

But...it's not like there's going to be a class trial, right? So...isn't it better to leave it to the people who know what they're doing?

[Even after two class trials, that someone is not Ibuki and she knows it.]

There is a guardian of that city as well as a mayor, they have some sort of judicial process. So wouldn't it be helpful to have information to give them if they try and push a case?

[Not that his goal was for that purpose, simply if that situation arose it would be useful to know.]

But, even so, it feels wrong to just sit back and wait.

[He can't help but sigh.]

Hinata kun would go investigate.

[He sighed again.]

It's only to be expected though. Don't worry about it.

Maybe...

[He's making sense, she can't even deny that. But she's not and never has been one of the more skilled investigators of the Jabberwock Island group, beyond what she'd remembered hearing in the first case, and with all that's happened since, she can't help but want to steer clear of anything resembling what they went through.

She sighs at the mention of Hajime. Probably he would investigate - he'd been one of the stronger driving forces behind the last two cases, and he'd been good at it. But Hajime's not here and while she appreciates why Nagito might have asked her, she can't commit to this.

And it's not like she doesn't have good reason for it.]

Nagito-chan...I'm tired of all that stuff. We did what we had to on the island but...it's not wrong to not want to do that any more, is it? To want to go back to a normal life...is that really so bad to want?

[She's not really asking him to validate her. She knows there's no point. But she feels a little like she has to explain herself even so.]

It's predictable. But as they say, you can never go back. You don't have to explain yourself though. I'm sure it's the sort of thing that would be described as perfectly normal.

But, there are things that need to be kept aware of here. Even if our lives aren't in danger....

Hmm, if you think about it, it's almost worse, isn't it? To not be able to die. To return over and over, that's supposedly what happens here.

Well, I'll just apologize for having distracted you.

[He wasn't particularly disappointed, he had expected as much in fact. But, it was worth trying, because in all honesty he didn't really want to wander around alone. In fact he hadn't expected her to even do anything in particular. Perhaps he should have saved the embarrassment of it.]

[She's not going to reply. But she's pretty sure between the paper and that last little thought of his, she's going to have a rough few nights ahead of her, sleep-wise.]

[It just wouldn't be a conversation with Nagito if it ended without something unsettling left on the mind.]

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