[Ah. Well, he doesn't mind talking about it. Both times, he thinks, he's deserved the vote he received.]
Okita-kun was at the castle with me. He's my former master. [In case he never said it out loud, even though Yasusada dresses just like him, and speaks of him with immense love and fondness.] Hijikata-fukuchou was there too. In that game, we were connected to another person, as a partner. If one partner died, the other person was at risk of dying as well.
[...]
Fukuchou and Okita-kun were partners, and... Fukuchou was killed. [HE STILL DOESN'T FUCKING KNOW THAT SANJI KILLED HIJIKATA which is hilariously tragic because he sees Sanji as a stand-in Hijikata. Terrible.] We couldn't figure out what happened, and Okita-kun was in danger, and... I panicked, and said something I shouldn't have.
[Tora-kun, is there a reason I shouldn't just kill everyone here right now to make sure Okita-kun is safe?]
I didn't mean it [except, in the deepest part of his heart, he kind of did] but it scared everyone, so they voted for me. I was innocent that time, but... [He shrugs. He gets it.] We didn't have duels, there. But I asked if Okita-kun could be allowed to kill me, and he was.
[Which doesn't sound like a kindness, probably, but to him, it meant the world.
Anyway, he doesn't think Giyuu wants to hear about what it's like to get stabbed in the heart with a rusty dagger, so--]
The other side there was... well, the "other side", really. It was just like the castle, but like we'd stepped through a mirror. And Beauty-kun and Beast-kun were there, too, and they had been for a while. They were able to explain more of what was happening.
[Which is why he'd written to Stephanie to tell her that they didn't have anything like that, so she'd understand that they were really working with... nothing, more or less.]
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Okita-kun was at the castle with me. He's my former master. [In case he never said it out loud, even though Yasusada dresses just like him, and speaks of him with immense love and fondness.] Hijikata-fukuchou was there too. In that game, we were connected to another person, as a partner. If one partner died, the other person was at risk of dying as well.
[...]
Fukuchou and Okita-kun were partners, and... Fukuchou was killed. [HE STILL DOESN'T FUCKING KNOW THAT SANJI KILLED HIJIKATA which is hilariously tragic because he sees Sanji as a stand-in Hijikata. Terrible.] We couldn't figure out what happened, and Okita-kun was in danger, and... I panicked, and said something I shouldn't have.
[Tora-kun, is there a reason I shouldn't just kill everyone here right now to make sure Okita-kun is safe?]
I didn't mean it [except, in the deepest part of his heart, he kind of did] but it scared everyone, so they voted for me. I was innocent that time, but... [He shrugs. He gets it.] We didn't have duels, there. But I asked if Okita-kun could be allowed to kill me, and he was.
[Which doesn't sound like a kindness, probably, but to him, it meant the world.
Anyway, he doesn't think Giyuu wants to hear about what it's like to get stabbed in the heart with a rusty dagger, so--]
The other side there was... well, the "other side", really. It was just like the castle, but like we'd stepped through a mirror. And Beauty-kun and Beast-kun were there, too, and they had been for a while. They were able to explain more of what was happening.
[Which is why he'd written to Stephanie to tell her that they didn't have anything like that, so she'd understand that they were really working with... nothing, more or less.]