[scp r2: diesifkilled]

[purrtagonist]

BOOP

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[purrtagonist]

We should've.

[won't even deny that much]

But everyone is so scattered and distrustful.

[not that he can blame them. Akira, too, is holding himself at a distance. he did, after all, only hole up with Minato and Makoto the night before]

[diesifkilled]

And this before anyone has even died.

[He didn't intend to say it like it's an inevitability, but it just slips out. It's not like he can convince himself otherwise.]

[purrtagonist]

[. . .]

Basic human nature and survival instincts. Frame it as a game of "us versus them," and everyone will subconsciously play along.

[diesifkilled]

...I guess that's true. And when you have no way of actually knowing who's "on your side" and who isn't...

[It sucks.]

[purrtagonist]

Paranoia rockets straight through the roof.

[jerks a thumb at the roof as though he's illustrating his point]

Undoubtedly, that's what they want from us.