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If she could really choose not to speak, she would definitely avoid this conversation altogether… She blinked at the silver-haired student in front of her, couldn’t be older than her, really…
“How would it help? It’s not like it’s the truth… and it’s not like it has anything to do with here.” Inaba had been going through something harsh, far more important and dangerous than her usual problems… and yet, was it so obvious? That something was wrong with her?
“Unless you think… it has something to do with the murders?”
“We have something of a…well, I’d almost call it a conspiracy theory. I don’t know if you’re familiar with the rumors of the Midnight Channel.” Yukari didn’t seem like she’d laugh in his face, if nothing else, so Charlie pressed on. “There’s been a pattern; people who show up on the Channel are usually the next to go missing. The police don’t like to talk about it because they think it’s, you know, kid stuff, but… I’m sorry to say, the last time I checked? It looked like you on the TV. I don’t mean to worry you, Takeba-san.”
Honorifics…needed to remember to use them more often. Too long spent in the English-speaking world. “I just want you to be careful. Hopefully, this is nothing, and you can laugh it off as the exchange student being a kook.”