The trial had indeed left Nori shaken to his core - after all, they had just sacrificed one of their classmates by sending him to his death. It may have been done as a justice to another fallen friend, but that did not change the fact that the blood was still on his hands. Or, at least, on the one pointer finger he had used to press the voting button. But Nori was nothing but if not an actor, and an expert on concealing his true feelings.
In truth, he had been not been expecting to stumble across another one of his classmates on the promenade he was taking. Especially not Suzume: he and the girl had not spoken, and for good reason. But that was irrelevant. He did desire someone to talk to, and he was rather open to discussion with any of his classmates. Not to mention that ever since the trial, there had been something that was playing on the edge of his mind.
With his usual blustering enthusiasm, he approached the criminal analyst. Nori was originally deliberating how to approach her, but his job was made much easier by the fact that she turned around and acknowledged him. He met her striking gaze with a wide grin before launching into his usual absurdist nonsense.
“Ah, Suzume-han! Again, I dearly hope that you do not mind that I call you that, yes? ‘Han-han’ is somewhat redundant, and belies your… Oho, my sincerest pardons! I’m getting off track!”
Shaking himself ( figuratively and literally ) of his social mishap, he rested one hand on his waist and cocked his head. His eyes meeting Suzume’s celadon ones, he continued his thought.
“I really must commend you for your performance in the, erm… class trial, I believe that it was called! Your analysis is truly the work of a Super High School Level! Comparable to, uh… Poirot, or Zenigata!”
…No one tell him that neither of those people are criminal analysts.
It was odd for the Crime Analyst to actually want to...socialize for once but it was a need that must be met or else she may lock herself in her room for the rest of the night and ponder of the ‘what if she had done ______’ which would lead to unneeded debating with herself.
When her light green eyes met with her classmates own rather enthusiastic classmate, Nori Higashiyama her tired and stoic demeanor softened slightly.
“....That is...quite alright..I do understand...my name is rather...difficult at times...but there is...no need to commend me...it was simply what...I must do...”
She bowed her head a little in thanks of the praise though..but when the mention of two names she vaguely was familiar with came up she pondered on where she had heard them before...before deciding to think more on it later...
“I do apologize I was not able to get us to a conclusion...any quicker than we did...I did wish that we could get on with it instead of wasting time...It only drew out the inevitable...despite us not wanting what occurred....to occur...”
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