[He doesn't say anything more than that at first, his hands still brought in defensively into his body as if to fend off a physical attack. Not that he genuinely thinks she'll hurt him, but because it hurts to hear her speak like this, to hear what had happened.
He can't say anything, really, not immediately anyway. It fits what the others had told him, what he'd had repeated to him ad nauseam whether he wanted to hear it or not. And it's hard, it's really, really hard not to try to justify it as an "us versus them;" as long as she doesn't hurt one of their classmates, it's fine... That, he doesn't want to accept, and he just shakes his head as if to dismiss the treacherous thought.]
I-it...
[And this isn't the first time she's killed someone, either. Not in the most technical sense, though really, he's certain that anyone other than Monokuma would make the ruling that Nagito had been the true culprit in that case.]
...I'm not mad at you, [he says finally, wanting to clear that up first as he stares down at the table.] I'm... it's the Fog God's fault, for doing this to us. I just... you did your best to fight it, right? I-It's not like... you killed someone because you wanted to, right?
I just, I can't... there's no way I could help you with that, Nanami, I can't. [2Ween4Murder.] I can help you look for another way, but I can't...
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[He doesn't say anything more than that at first, his hands still brought in defensively into his body as if to fend off a physical attack. Not that he genuinely thinks she'll hurt him, but because it hurts to hear her speak like this, to hear what had happened.
He can't say anything, really, not immediately anyway. It fits what the others had told him, what he'd had repeated to him ad nauseam whether he wanted to hear it or not. And it's hard, it's really, really hard not to try to justify it as an "us versus them;" as long as she doesn't hurt one of their classmates, it's fine... That, he doesn't want to accept, and he just shakes his head as if to dismiss the treacherous thought.]
I-it...
[And this isn't the first time she's killed someone, either. Not in the most technical sense, though really, he's certain that anyone other than Monokuma would make the ruling that Nagito had been the true culprit in that case.]
...I'm not mad at you, [he says finally, wanting to clear that up first as he stares down at the table.] I'm... it's the Fog God's fault, for doing this to us. I just... you did your best to fight it, right? I-It's not like... you killed someone because you wanted to, right?
I just, I can't... there's no way I could help you with that, Nanami, I can't. [2Ween4Murder.] I can help you look for another way, but I can't...