Richie didn't know what to think at the time. Whether someone was stupid enough to just throw a random name in and felt no care if it was the least deserving person here. With the cause spelled out for him, it's so mind-numbingly obvious that he is stupefied as to why he didn't think of it before.]
...Oh, Koharu... [He takes her hand, gives it a little squeeze.] Jesus, you gave me a scare. You didn't want to vote for her. Did you?
I get it. I almost did the same myself. Felt sick after — even when I talked to her upstairs and got the real deal. It's not easy stuff.
...But you won't do it again, right? [He taps his thumb over her hand where he holds it.] You never know, things like this could be worse if you do them second or third times.
He said if there's ever a time I'm not certain, that it's okay if I use his name instead. That way he knows it was just me, and not someone who actually suspected him of anything.
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Richie didn't know what to think at the time. Whether someone was stupid enough to just throw a random name in and felt no care if it was the least deserving person here. With the cause spelled out for him, it's so mind-numbingly obvious that he is stupefied as to why he didn't think of it before.]
...Oh, Koharu... [He takes her hand, gives it a little squeeze.] Jesus, you gave me a scare. You didn't want to vote for her. Did you?
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It was just… so down to the wire, you know? And it still didn’t seem like we could really know for sure…
I didn’t want to put just anyone’s name down.
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...But you won't do it again, right? [He taps his thumb over her hand where he holds it.] You never know, things like this could be worse if you do them second or third times.
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Uruha and I already talked about it, so... I have a plan if this happens again.
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What did you two decide on?
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Thank you—I'll do that.
[ a beat, and then her eyes go a little wide ]
But, erm, putting that aside for now—is there something on my phone?
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...Ah. Yeah, I figured you might have something. Let's have a look-see.
[and because it's thursday already and we got these decoded let's handwave the message opening and translation, screams in the passage of time]
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