Is it a trick if it’s doing what we knew it was going to?
[He stares up at him, and he doesn’t know what the answer could be - but he does know he wants to know it.
He wants to know if Rei is like Salome and the rest. If that boy was just something to throw away when he failed. If he was going to be killed because he had the gall to break out, doing what he wasn’t supposed to do. If he was going to suffer the same fate everyone Kaede ever knew did.
He takes a breath, looking at the familiar walls, before looking back at Rei.]
I’m sure. What would you have done if this was real?
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[He stares up at him, and he doesn’t know what the answer could be - but he does know he wants to know it.
He wants to know if Rei is like Salome and the rest. If that boy was just something to throw away when he failed. If he was going to be killed because he had the gall to break out, doing what he wasn’t supposed to do. If he was going to suffer the same fate everyone Kaede ever knew did.
He takes a breath, looking at the familiar walls, before looking back at Rei.]
I’m sure. What would you have done if this was real?