[He'd played both of them. So many people had played him, and he'd been so blind. Even Mitsuzane had done it.]
I can't say I have much... experience in that, either. I used to be better at it, but then... I shut down. I suppose maybe it was too late by then.
[The closeness is a little awkward, but... Mitsuzane seems to be all right with it, so he'll keep going for now.]
I... need you to try to be honest with me from now on, and I'll do the same. No more secrets. No more hiding, Mitsuzane. Not from each other. I think... we will need to help keep each other from... doing something regretful.
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[He'd played both of them. So many people had played him, and he'd been so blind. Even Mitsuzane had done it.]
I can't say I have much... experience in that, either. I used to be better at it, but then... I shut down. I suppose maybe it was too late by then.
[The closeness is a little awkward, but... Mitsuzane seems to be all right with it, so he'll keep going for now.]
I... need you to try to be honest with me from now on, and I'll do the same. No more secrets. No more hiding, Mitsuzane. Not from each other. I think... we will need to help keep each other from... doing something regretful.
... It's not as if this is easy for me, either.