[ It occurs to her, not for the first time, that their team back home had had it relatively easy. The only real corrupt adult that they'd dealt with had been Mikuriya, and his target had been Rion and Rion alone. Akira had dealt with a politician who had shoved all blame on him, people so awful that they'd needed a forceful change of heart, and now brutality from a force that was supposed to protect the public?
She's not sure if it's the fever or her anger at the unfairness of it all that's making her feel so heated, but even if she's never heard him sound so furiously bitter before-- there's no way Rion could blame him for feeling that way. So quietly, if just to avoid triggering a cough-- ]
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She's not sure if it's the fever or her anger at the unfairness of it all that's making her feel so heated, but even if she's never heard him sound so furiously bitter before-- there's no way Rion could blame him for feeling that way. So quietly, if just to avoid triggering a cough-- ]
Those bastards.
[ And, staring at that tiny scar... ]
Can I...?