ic contact;

[condoner]

This is Tsunemori! I'm sorry, I'm not here right now, but please leave a message. I promise to get back to you once I'm able. Thank you very much! ( action → text → voice → video )

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[condoner]

I still don't know what his motives were, [ MAYBE IF MIKA TALKED. ] but he did succeed.

[ just a little bit. ]

I'm fine now, though.

[abhors]

[ You're both terrible Inspectors who don't tell each other the truth!! ]

...How did he succeed? [ He can tell she's fine now, of course, but that still disturbs him to hear it. Tsunemori has already proven herself resilient in his experience. ]

[condoner]

[ she takes a sip of her coffee before answering. also, mika is more terrible. ]

He killed my grandmother.

[abhors]

[ His facial reaction is subtle, but somewhere deep down he can feel his own crime coefficient going up a few ticks. ]

Akane... [ She came back with that memory and hasn't said anything? That's the second person in her life who paid the price for the Inspector's pure heart just by virtue of knowing her. It's not fair, and yet he knows that this is the danger that comes with having friends and family outside of work. Still... Akane Tsunemori is the last person who deserves this kind of suffering, and to what end? What was it for?

He wishes he had more comforting words to say other than slipping up with her name, so he just briefly pats her shoulder for now. There are times to be professional, and others to be just humans who have known loss. ]

I'm sorry.

[condoner]

[ it's touching, but she doesn't really know what to say about it. of course, she's not over it yet, but she knows that she'll get better over time.

she looks at the hand on her shoulder, trying not to show any sign of weakness, though kogami can likely tell that she's grieving. ]

I'll be fine.

[abhors]

[ He knows that she's doing better than he would, at least. ]

I know. You always are. [ Even when you're not. ]

[ But it's also what makes her so different from anyone else he's worked with or under... ]

I know you dealt with it in the right way, too. [ Not because he appeared to her in a hallucination or anything. ]

[condoner]

[ she didn't deal with it directly, but he's right. it was sybil who judged togane, not her. that's the right way, isn't it? ]

It was right for me, [ she says. akane knows what's 'right' for kogami isn't usually the same thing she thinks of. ]

[abhors]

I may not have dealt with it in the same way, but I always thought that yours was the correct one. [ He wrote as much in his goodbye letter. ]

You protected the law, Tsunemori. It wasn't right for you alone.

[condoner]

I think that's enough gloom in one conversation, Kogami. Don't you think?

[abhors]

I can't help it, I majored in gloomy conversations. [ It's said with a smile, indicating that he agrees. ]

Do you celebrate your birthdays, Tsunemori?

[condoner]

I really wasn't able to, since I had just arrived again during my birthday.

[ she did have a visitor who gave her cake, though. that was good enough for her. ]

[abhors]

Then let's make up for it.

[ Remembering that she has friends can help the healing process. Gino and Kagari could use a break, too, he thinks... ]

[condoner]

Ah...

[ to think that kogami would want to celebrate her birthday. she's definitely surprised, and flattered. ]

I'll look into something fun we can all do, then.