[That's his takeaway from that, his lips curving into a frown. It's a simplification -- an oversimplification, even -- but he's familiar with it, at least. It feels strange to put someone's death in the same category as all the things his classmates had said about him.]
It's just... different actually seeing it. When Kuzuryuu was murdered, I never--
[He trails off, shifting to cover his eyes with one of his arms as if that might block out that image, too. He'd only been able to read about it, see the picture in the paper next to a headline that was a blatant lie.]
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[That's his takeaway from that, his lips curving into a frown. It's a simplification -- an oversimplification, even -- but he's familiar with it, at least. It feels strange to put someone's death in the same category as all the things his classmates had said about him.]
It's just... different actually seeing it. When Kuzuryuu was murdered, I never--
[He trails off, shifting to cover his eyes with one of his arms as if that might block out that image, too. He'd only been able to read about it, see the picture in the paper next to a headline that was a blatant lie.]
...You're right. I mean, what else can we do?