>>25030567"It /is/ bad. I'd hate to emphasize the severity of the burden on your shoulders, but you've been unconsciously eradicating an entire civilization from the day you stepped out of your home and the only thing you have to show for it is your willingness to undertake that indirect liability.. and even then, your tone seems to be faltering from what I gather."
It is faltering, but not necessarily for the reason she suspects. You swallow a hard lump and look at her again. "Honestly, heheheh... I-I haven't even told you the worst part yet."
"I should have known. If you would enlighten me.."
"Weeeeeeeeeeeeeell... C-Call me a dick if that's what your first instinct tells you, buuuuut... see, the thing is...
I'm kind of a 'surrogate scapegoat' right now..""Mm?"
"Th-The... The 'deadly aura' that's cannibalizing this place.. er.. how do I put this...
Idon'texactlyhaveitwithmeatthisexactmoment." 