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[theyregooddogs]

[whenever they are both up to functioning]

What's your plan for tonight?

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[theyregooddogs]

[such a good boy]

Hey. Did you ever talk to him?

[afailedmurder]

I did not.

[theyregooddogs]

I did.

You don't know anyone else beyond Akira here, right?

[afailedmurder]

That's correct.

[theyregooddogs]

[totally procedural, sorry he's tired and annoyed by no body examination]

Who were you with last night and what were you doing?

[afailedmurder]

[not bothered, just answering questions matter-of-factly]

I was with Kurusu for the entirety of the killing night. We discovered and searched the nurse's office. He'll verify that, of course. I can also describe the area in detail, I and took some items back to my room as well.

[theyregooddogs]

What items did you take?

[afailedmurder]

Practical things — bandages, Tylenol, rubbing alcohol. Only a little; I'm not trying to hoard them. It simply makes me feel better to know that I have immediate access in an emergency. I also took this.

[he pulls out a scalpel with a plastic cap on the end]

Not as a weapon. It simply seems like something that might come in handy.

[besides, he already picked up one of the many many many kitchen knives to use as a weapon]

[theyregooddogs]

Unless you know how to do sutures, that's more harm than help.

So, we're at our last question: Who did you kill, Akechi?

[afailedmurder]

[immediately defensive]

No one. Are you disputing my alibi?

[theyregooddogs]

No, not here. But you killed someone before. Before you came here. So, the question is who? Or, maybe, how many?

[afailedmurder]

[there is an intense shift away from the apathy with which he delivered his earlier answers]

What exactly makes you draw that conclusion?

[theyregooddogs]

This isn't a lesson, Akechi. I'm not going to teach you what your tells are.

[afailedmurder]

So you don't have any evidence.

Well, let's hypothesize about a scenario where I did kill someone. What then?

[theyregooddogs]

I'm considering you as a suspect along with the other people that have experience with killing others. It wouldn't have been someone who's green.

[afailedmurder]

Suspect me all you like, but Kurusu was with me. We may know each other, but he wouldn't cover for me if I'd done something during that time.

[theyregooddogs]

[it would be very easy to throw in a "and this is why you won't ever become an officer" line right now but holding himself back]

Did you have any questions for me?

[afailedmurder]

[only very barely trying to hide the fact that he is still super peeved]

Did you discover anything during your exploration last night?

[theyregooddogs]

Nothing new. I was able to check Santa's remains or whatever they wanted to pass as his, but I wouldn't call that useful.

[afailedmurder]

Did you bring anything back with you?

[theyregooddogs]

No, I didn't.

[afailedmurder]

[pauses]

Do you honestly intend on teaching me anything, or are you merely trying to keep me under control?

[theyregooddogs]

I will teach you, but you're resistant to taking the perspective of others. You aren't settled in your own self.

[afailedmurder]

[this is sssslightly easier to admit to than all the murders]

...Other people have decided who I am and who I get to be my entire life. I'm sick of it.

[theyregooddogs]

That's understandable, but I'm not going to be your therapist, Akechi. My way of analyzing evidence is unorthodox; it doesn't suit a lot of my students.