[He catches Tamamori's look with a troubled look of his own, thinking of what he'd heard from Tama about everything, each piece of the puzzle more alarming than the last (even with the so-called train murder making him want to just lie directly on the ground again). It had seemed so simple, talking about this moment at the bonfire, but now--]
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[It's not as if he hadn't thought Kawase would say something like that. Mina had said as much, after all; the twist of unhappy vindication is expected. He finally looks directly at Kawase, at the look on his face.]
Is that really what you have to say? [His voice is quiet. Maybe it's the frazzled tension on his nerves -- the bus ride isn't enough for him to put a barrier between now and something less than half an hour ago.] Tamamori didn't "drag" me into it. Don't put the onus on him.
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[It's not as if he hadn't thought Kawase would say something like that. Mina had said as much, after all; the twist of unhappy vindication is expected. He finally looks directly at Kawase, at the look on his face.]
Is that really what you have to say? [His voice is quiet. Maybe it's the frazzled tension on his nerves -- the bus ride isn't enough for him to put a barrier between now and something less than half an hour ago.] Tamamori didn't "drag" me into it. Don't put the onus on him.