[A lot can change in the span of one day, Kokichi. A lot can change. Shuichi's learned a lot of things about lying in that short stretch of time. Things that have changed his opinion on it.]

[Plus, he's been lying by omission to both of you since day one. It's hard for him to be upset by this suggestion when he's already hiding the truth about Team Danganronpa.]

[Shuichi sighs through his nose and closes his eyes.]

In this case...the truth would do more harm than good. I don't want to lie to her, but want to see her die again even less. [Seriously, once was enough.] So if those are my choices...

[He'll go for the lie. It's in her better interest. Turns out, Kokichi was right all along. Sometimes, it's okay to lie. Better to lie, even.]

Still, I don't think we should completely rule out the possibility of telling her ourselves. Not today, or even any time soon, but...eventually, perhaps. There's still a lot we don't know right now, after all...

[And that means there's lots for them to learn. maybe something will come to light that will make it less dangerous to let Kaede know the truth.]