>>19372888>>19372896>[Sola jumps at the sudden noise, and takes a half step back. She has never seen The Poison Queen like this before.]. . .
>[Sola sits. The silence is deafening. Very softly, very firmly, Sola speaks.]"You don't have to be sorry. This situation, with Carmody, with Paule, with Nika, with Kanako, with Priscilla, with me, with this Dojo, has been eating away at me for weeks. It's a lot for me to dump on you. But, you're wrong. I think I do understand, Romero. You want to be the adult in the room. I know we're all just a bunch of dumb kids here. You're the 'reasoned centrist' that keeps us all in check. But I think you know damn well that's not what we need right now."
"I have done nothing wrong to Kanako, ever, and she is wishing death upon me in open public spaces. We went out for coffee after that Night Villa incident, and I thought we connected. But she rushed off on some secret mission. She said it was a doctor's visit, but I know she lied about that too. She is teaming with the thing that tormented me, assaulted Carmody, caused anguish to the Dojo chef. I refuse to let anybody say Kanako is in the right for her actions, not even you."
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