KAINE;

[goalsides]

Comments

[goalsides]

[there's a thoughtful sort of frown at that.]

Even if none of those reasons were hers, they're good ones to keep in mind if this happens again. Maybe having a motive in mind will help us figure things out next time.

[overshaded]

If people are obvious about it, it could.

[ Really love that they're so sure it's going to happen again. ]

[goalsides]

And if people aren't obvious? What do we do then?

[sometimes you're just from canons where bad things happen all the time.]

[overshaded]

I don't know. We do what we can.

[ Her thinking only goes so far. She's someone who likes to punch, not think. ]

We make the choices we can.

[ And hope more of their agency isn't torn from them. ]

[goalsides]

[there's silence while he's eating, thinking this over.]

...as long as people can live with those choices, we'll go from there then.

[hey kids could you lighten up.]

[overshaded]

That's all we can do, yeah?

[ what is lighten up?

She takes a bite out of her food. ]

[goalsides]

[there's a nod...]

Be careful out there either way.

[overshaded]

You, too.

[ It's strange, how people treat her here, but she doesn't want to see any of them get more hurt.

... Most of them, considering how much she beats up Nier. ]