[She manages a smile, just for a moment - it's fleeting and barely there, but the fact that she can still manage one at all is a wonder. Reyna had some deep-seated issues even before this trial - this has only served to intensify them.
Souji, at least, is enough of an Honorable Warriorâ„¢ that he's not setting off any of her alarm bells.]
...regardless, the worst of it is over. Akechi, at least, will not be trying that particular trick again.
I'd hope we wouldn't see it from anyone else, either.
[But he doesn't want to hope too hard, considering people do desperate things when their backs are to corners. He knows that much. He's pretty sure most of the people in this castle do, to varying degrees.]
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[She manages a smile, just for a moment - it's fleeting and barely there, but the fact that she can still manage one at all is a wonder. Reyna had some deep-seated issues even before this trial - this has only served to intensify them.
Souji, at least, is enough of an Honorable Warriorâ„¢ that he's not setting off any of her alarm bells.]
...regardless, the worst of it is over. Akechi, at least, will not be trying that particular trick again.
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[But he doesn't want to hope too hard, considering people do desperate things when their backs are to corners. He knows that much. He's pretty sure most of the people in this castle do, to varying degrees.]