voltadomar | PC: Akira Kijima

True. There's nothing satisfying about condemning someone like that.

But the alternatives would have been even worse.

Someone innocent? For everything Rin said, we could've used knowing the other killers from last week.

You seemed convinced that Nero was one of those killers.

He wasn't helping his case, but I didn't vote for him. The girl who killed Ulrika is my priority.

... I see. Someone "clever and liked," who she might have trusted.

What are you going to do when you find this girl?

I'll figure it out when I get there.

I see.

I don't suppose you've got any leads at this point? I'd also like to solve her case, if it's at all possible.

[ ...before he answers that. ]

What would you do about it if you did?

[... He thinks about it.]

Truthfully, I just want to know. For knowing's sake.

... And it would be nice to be able to let Miss Ulrika know that we didn't forget about her.

I won't forget.

[ ... ]

I don't have anymore than what came out in trial. But I think whoever it is, they're not the type to show regret like Bertolt or Rin did.

Hm. I don't do psychological profiling, typically, so a hint like what came out in the trial is difficult for me to work with.

[...]

What I do have is a fairly detailed report on what happened in Revali's case. Makes it easier to figure out which evidence applies to which case.

What do you have? Suigetsu was happy to talk to me, and I got a read from Revali's body too.

Oh? If you were able to get a thorough statement from Suigetsu, then we're probably on roughly the same page.

Even the reeds?

The reeds, as in the plants Revali's body was found tangled in?

He was a bit light on the details there, but my understanding was that the body was dragged through some plants in the garden before being discarded in the canal.

Yeah. He used the reeds to play a song to lure Revali in.

Hmm. So that's how it worked.

[He opens up his notebook and makes a note of it.]

That was the whistle I heard when I read Revali's body. I'm glad he answered it, since it was bugging me.

[ kim works so hard. ]

I don't think I know anything else you don't, but the bubbles in the butcher shop are still driving me crazy.

Good. That ties some things together.

But... yes, that part really is strange. It seems Revali used a power to make himself move quickly... and that matches up with what you saw at the butcher shop. But Suigetsu claimed he did not follow him in there, nor did he witness "bubbles" in any context.

But there were arrow marks there and his coin. So did Revali shake one murderer to just find another?

It looked like Revali was trying to leave a message. Maybe those marks were part of it.

[ He thinks back to what he saw. ]

They were three horizontal marks. Not sure what that's supposed to mean aside from three.

He left his coin nearby. Maybe it was the number of feathers he started the night with?

Well there was one feather on the coin when I found it. If he used one on the speed, I guess that's useful but it still doesn't tell us much.

There would be another unaccounted for. Maybe the cause of the bubbles?

I don't know. We're getting a little deep into conjecture territory, now. It's just a thought.

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