Your feelings are rooted pretty deep, aren't they?
[Another reassuring squeeze. She doesn't want to tell him what to do with those feelings.
Does Hibiki even get another chance after admitting something so heavy? She isn't sure how likely it is. Though on the other hand she doesn't have much sympathy for someone who can admit to killing people in cold blood.]
[Oh, Akira... she's switching from holding his hands to holding him entirely. She's going to hope that maybe having someone to lean on right now is what he needs, maybe to help him sort things out.]
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[Another reassuring squeeze. She doesn't want to tell him what to do with those feelings.
Does Hibiki even get another chance after admitting something so heavy? She isn't sure how likely it is. Though on the other hand she doesn't have much sympathy for someone who can admit to killing people in cold blood.]
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akira bites his bottom lip a bit too hard because it stings. maybe he deserves that. ]
Yeah. [ a pause. ] I thought about what would happen - what I'd do if he just disappeared tomorrow. Like the others. And I...
[ wouldn't be happy. ]
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You don't hate him?
[She's silent a moment.]
But you can't excuse his actions.
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Right. If I forgave him I'd be a hypocrite. I can't just give him a pass.
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Of course not, that would be...against what you believe in.
[But that one instance... it's bugging her. But the timing still isn't appropriate.]
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Who said I should be leader in the first place.... Stupid Morgana.
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[If only she knew, right?]