[If he'd brought up the names of her friends and family, reminded her of the people she's supposed to love and cherish, Sakura would have lashed back immediately. She would have been cruel, denounced them, trampled on those bonds to prove her point. That she's ready to burn bridges and corpses to protect herself. If Howard is with her, she needs no one else.
... She just. Hadn't thought. to ask him what he wanted.]
Oh.
[A soft whisper. The cavern around them -- it wavers, like an illusion being thrown into the sun. She has to catch her breath before she speaks again, voice tired]
no subject
... She just. Hadn't thought. to ask him what he wanted.]
Oh.
[A soft whisper. The cavern around them -- it wavers, like an illusion being thrown into the sun. She has to catch her breath before she speaks again, voice tired]
... I would never kill John-san.