It-- does make the situation more difficult. Instead of being able to mourn them now, we have no way of knowing if we'll find ourselves missing anyone we're close to, later.
[and he's definitely already thinking about the people he knows that aren't in this house, everyone he intended to protect and may have failed.]
[ gone in a pretty terrifying way, too. he tries to imagine what it might have felt like to fall like that, trying to desperately grab onto anything that might save you, and when you finally manage... it slips out of your fingers.
takaomi really hopes that the ferris wheel is high enough that the death from impact was instantaneous. ]
I wonder if it'll be easier to assume they're dead now so you'll be pleasantly surprised later.
[ he does not sound like he think this will work. ]
[but that's enough about him for now. for the rest of the game, he's pretty sure. ishi exhales a slow breath.]
I take it you intend to tell Nito-kun. I might let Mizuki-san know as well, if you're agreeable... it's best to keep this as quiet as possible, I think, but it will help if a couple of those we already trust are able to help lead discussions toward what we know. One on your end, one on mine.
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[and ending a life yourself is yet another thing entirely, but he decides not to say so.]
...all we can do is try to ensure it's different, next time, but I am aware that isn't much solace now.
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... I think one of the worst parts is knowing someone's dead, and how it happened, but we won't even know who for hours.
[ he can imagine so many different people falling, and he's selfishly glad it isn't senri. ]
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[and he's definitely already thinking about the people he knows that aren't in this house, everyone he intended to protect and may have failed.]
All we have is the knowledge that they are gone.
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takaomi really hopes that the ferris wheel is high enough that the death from impact was instantaneous. ]
I wonder if it'll be easier to assume they're dead now so you'll be pleasantly surprised later.
[ he does not sound like he think this will work. ]
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[that's a little quieter, gaze dropping to his folded hands.]
Though I shouldn't be hoping for any one person to have lived over another... I suppose this is part of humanity.
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You can't really help having a feeling like that. You'd be lying if you said otherwise.
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[but that's enough about him for now. for the rest of the game, he's pretty sure. ishi exhales a slow breath.]
I take it you intend to tell Nito-kun. I might let Mizuki-san know as well, if you're agreeable... it's best to keep this as quiet as possible, I think, but it will help if a couple of those we already trust are able to help lead discussions toward what we know. One on your end, one on mine.
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That's fine. There's so many people that it's difficult for just two people to do that well.