[Week 2, Saturday: Ashikawa]

[fallbymyhands]

[it had been a long and emotionally exhausting day]

[Mitsuru doesn't attend the campfire post-trial party immediately. not that she was angry or upset at anyone, but she needed some time to clear her head, to allow herself to focus on the task at hand. it was only week two, out of. . . what, a promised eight weeks? would every single week after this be just as harrowing and daunting?]

[she walks, more towards the lodge than anything else, allowing her feet to guide her and her mind to wander. she looks lost in thought, but hey. she can be bothered!]

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[fallbymyhands]

I know.

[he doesn't even have to finish that sentence for her to understand]

But you know I'm not asking you to trust her, or even like her. Just to use her as the resource we need her to be.

[killtheanimals]

...Right.

[She's just a resource. It's easier, that way, not thinking of her as a person, as someone who deserves any particular mercy.

It's just like in Vision. Just do what needs to be done.]

I've been able to find out other details as well, if you'd like to hear them.

[fallbymyhands]

[that isn't quite what Mitsuru meant, but. she understands people who work on logic and reason over anything else. and thus, her encouragement is in that vein]

I would, yes. I'd like to hear everything you learned from her. I intend to compile our information into an easily accessible source.

[killtheanimals]

[It's okay Mitsuru, you can't be blamed for Minitsuru having pretty much the worst mentality ever.

He will, however, go ahead and explain everything he found out.]