[Okay, well...it was going to hurt either way. But you have to admit, this hurts less than having him just obliviously parrot Kaito's advice.]
[The conversation has gotten a little off track, though. This wasn't really what Shuichi was trying to get the other boy to talk about, but...well, it's an issue too. And maybe this is actually the best place to start. Maybe it's...something that can ease him into talking about his other problems. The ones more directly related to the game.]
[So he just listens quietly, turning his head away from the ceiling to look at Kokichi instead. But rather than answer his question, Shuichi attempts to take one of his hands. It helped during the dream-trial, maybe it'll help again. Assuming he can...actually get one of his hands. Since Kokichi has gone all pillbug on him and has his hands guarded by his knees.]
Every motive they gave us...was a lie in some way or another. The Earth wasn't really destroyed, it's impossible to raise the dead, and they had no intention of letting the game end before it even started.
Those videos... [He still doesn't know, nor will he ever know, just how much of what Tsumugi had said about their true identities was a lie. If she was telling the truth, if everything about them was completely fabricated... then in all likelihood, those important people don't even exist. They were just fictional, the same as the rest of their memories.]
[But...that's the thing about lies, right? There's only one truth, but endless possibilities for lies. This is just another situation that makes those words ring true.] ...they were the same. They were just...lies meant to push us into acting in ways that would make things more entertaining for the audience.
[If a statement is made without knowing the truth...does that really make it a lie?]
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[The conversation has gotten a little off track, though. This wasn't really what Shuichi was trying to get the other boy to talk about, but...well, it's an issue too. And maybe this is actually the best place to start. Maybe it's...something that can ease him into talking about his other problems. The ones more directly related to the game.]
[So he just listens quietly, turning his head away from the ceiling to look at Kokichi instead. But rather than answer his question, Shuichi attempts to take one of his hands. It helped during the dream-trial, maybe it'll help again. Assuming he can...actually get one of his hands. Since Kokichi has gone all pillbug on him and has his hands guarded by his knees.]
Every motive they gave us...was a lie in some way or another. The Earth wasn't really destroyed, it's impossible to raise the dead, and they had no intention of letting the game end before it even started.
Those videos... [He still doesn't know, nor will he ever know, just how much of what Tsumugi had said about their true identities was a lie. If she was telling the truth, if everything about them was completely fabricated... then in all likelihood, those important people don't even exist. They were just fictional, the same as the rest of their memories.]
[But...that's the thing about lies, right? There's only one truth, but endless possibilities for lies. This is just another situation that makes those words ring true.] ...they were the same. They were just...lies meant to push us into acting in ways that would make things more entertaining for the audience.
[If a statement is made without knowing the truth...does that really make it a lie?]