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... Prisoners' Dilemma... that's what they called it.

Every unit had someone separated out to take damage if they were betrayed.

[ the irony of that doesn't escape him but he just nods, letting him speak, if he's comfortable with explaining it. ]

[i mean... not really, because. well. you actually know the Issues here. so.]

... I got separated out. I was fine taking a hit, if it came to it, but...

[that's. not what happened. and everything was Bad.]

... Didn't go down that way, huh?

[ he says, as a redundant sort of confirmation. ]

We tried to tell them to betray us because we were going to betray them.

They trusted us instead.

[and fuck, it's hard to get out that last sentence and he is officially giving up on words now because otherwise he might actually cry and that's stupid]

Shit.

[ under his breath, because -- again he's almost at a loss of words for that ]

And considerin' the types of games we play here they got burned pretty bad on that, from the sounds of it.

... if you trusted and were betrayed... the prisoner's changed in some way. Permanently.

[we fucked up real bad.]

[ he inhales, a bit surprised, at that ]

-- no healin'?

[shakes his head]

That's jus' -- fucked up.

[... thunks head against Oni's shoulder]

Yeah.

[ another little squeeze ]

... I know -- ya fucked up, and I know ya must feel like absolute shit about it. And I ain't sayin' it's wrong to feel that way.

But I know you, and I know you'd never, ever wanna do somethin' like that to a person if you could avoid it.

[well, fuck him. he's definitely going to end up crying at some point.]

... it was Taisho and AlcheME.

[the worst. the absolute worst.]

[ softly, voice rougher; ]

Pheonix told me.

[... oh yeah.

welp.

time to just be.

extremely sad.

and angry.

in fact, Very Angry. at self, at Mukuro...]

[ how about

a hug ]

[... sad things: not being able to remember when you last got a hug.

but sure does have him have him finally quietly crying, gj, Oni]

[ at least hugs are here now! honestly the position is a bit awkwardly for it as he's having to tilt his body to the side to hug him on the couch like this but he's not letting up, either, rubbing his back when he notices Boss actually start crying. ]

[it's stupid and embarrassing and he only makes it a little easier by leaning in more against Oni, if only to keep from letting on that there are tears.

lifts a hand up to rub at his eyes in a bid to stop this nonsense because he's got too many things to try to fix--damage control at an all time high.]

--gotta... make the rounds. To the other teams.

[probably gonna just get a assaulted a bunch but y'know.]

[ he's letting up some just enough to give Boss some room for that, not wanting to smother him, but. ]

I getcha. Do ya want someone to come with ya -- or do you have it handled?

[ "handled", but he also doesn't want to intrude if Boss feels like he has to do this ]

[shakes his head, looking pretty well exhausted now.]

It'll send the wrong idea... and it shouldn't be right away, anyway.

[ nods ]

... Do ya need anythin' in the meantime? A bit of sake? A fight? A nap?

... I'll try sake.

[too tired for fight and too wired for sleep.]

I got some in my room. Ya wanna come with or stay here?

I'll go.

[just fuck it. done with things.

... moves out of the hug and onto his feet]