[Kaede flinches at the unexpected touch, but she doesn't knock Mikan away. She just blinks at her a few times before looking back to the Monopad. It would be so easy to turn it on, to go through it and find the mastermind's identity.]
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[She can't. If she failed now, what would Akechi and Qrow say? Or Akira, or Gundam, or any of her friends? She takes a deep breath, closes her eyes, and clenches her fists, tightly enough that the hard edges of the Monopad starts to hurt her hands.]
...Yeah. Yeah, you're right! We have to keep moving forward. All these dumb tests about the past can't get us!!
[She turns, forcing herself to sound more confident than she really is, before gently setting the Monopad against the lip of the box. Right. Right. Even if she knew the identity of the mastermind, what good would that do her now? They're all dead.
She closes her eyes and shoves the Monopad into the box, letting out a sigh of relief once it's over. The school fades away, and the Arena comes back into view.]
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[She can't. If she failed now, what would Akechi and Qrow say? Or Akira, or Gundam, or any of her friends? She takes a deep breath, closes her eyes, and clenches her fists, tightly enough that the hard edges of the Monopad starts to hurt her hands.]
...Yeah. Yeah, you're right! We have to keep moving forward. All these dumb tests about the past can't get us!!
[She turns, forcing herself to sound more confident than she really is, before gently setting the Monopad against the lip of the box. Right. Right. Even if she knew the identity of the mastermind, what good would that do her now? They're all dead.
She closes her eyes and shoves the Monopad into the box, letting out a sigh of relief once it's over. The school fades away, and the Arena comes back into view.]
...Let's get out of here, okay, Tsumiki-san?