[ Maybe the blood spilled isn't any less on her conscience, but ... asking someone else to do it, it would have removed the distance.
But Bradbury understands a little about death, and why it's sometimes important to do something with your own hands instead of asking someone else to do it, and he looks at Rin carefully, trying to meet her eyes.
He remembers, suddenly, a conversation on the Network. A man he'd spoken to in passing, who'd claimed to be Rin's guardian. A priest with a strangely fatalistic outlook, and a knack for asking questions that hit too many buttons. Bradbury takes a breath. ]
Rin, why did you kill Father Kotomine?
[ It's a guess, but unless Rin's particularly acquainted with any more members of the clergy, he doesn't actually know who else she could be talking about. ]
no subject
[ Maybe the blood spilled isn't any less on her conscience, but ... asking someone else to do it, it would have removed the distance.
But Bradbury understands a little about death, and why it's sometimes important to do something with your own hands instead of asking someone else to do it, and he looks at Rin carefully, trying to meet her eyes.
He remembers, suddenly, a conversation on the Network. A man he'd spoken to in passing, who'd claimed to be Rin's guardian. A priest with a strangely fatalistic outlook, and a knack for asking questions that hit too many buttons. Bradbury takes a breath. ]
Rin, why did you kill Father Kotomine?
[ It's a guess, but unless Rin's particularly acquainted with any more members of the clergy, he doesn't actually know who else she could be talking about. ]