LUX;

[goalsides]

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[goalsides]

[there's a nod.]

It's a school. We shouldn't have to jail anybody, but there shouldn't be murders happening either. And it's weird...I've asked the dorm heads a couple of times if this place is really just calm and normal and they all said yes.

Maybe our first decision should be if they're on our side or not.

[illuminance]

... I want to talk to them again before I make that decision.

[goalsides]

Have you talked to them at all this week? Since the first time.

[illuminance]

I talked to Luke, briefly.

About trivial things, like classes and after-school clubs.

[goalsides]

Even if it was trivial it might give us an idea of things. Nothing stood out?

[illuminance]

Afraid not. I'm not one for interrogations.

[goalsides]

That's okay. I haven't been good at it either. Pretty hard to interrogate people you can't see to gauge reactions.

[illuminance]

... I was never good at that, even with their reactions. It's too easy for me to justify things to myself.

[goalsides]

Like wanting to believe what they say even if it sounds too good to be true or too weird to be right?

[illuminance]

Right.

Or... Understanding their perspective, once you hear it from them.

[goalsides]

...even if you can't interrogate people, I think your way's good, too. Not everyone can be understanding.

[illuminance]

It's too naive. It can get people hurt.

[goalsides]

Yeah, I know. [he doesn't disagree. actually, it sounds a lot like someone he cares about, but.] But even so...the world needs both kinds of people.

[illuminance]

You're... Probably right. I just wish that it would balance out better.

[goalsides]

Maybe we need to learn how to balance ourselves. I don't know how to do that, but...I don't know. Maybe it doesn't have to be a completely even balance either.