[That's... deep. He sits back, and sighs heavily, thinking seriously about it. The silence while he considers might be long enough to become uncomfortable, but he's clearly taking this question as absolutely serious as it was.]
For Namatame-san... it's hard to say. He wouldn't have started behaving that way if nothing had gone wrong... but if something else as bad had happened, and Personas weren't involved... he might have cracked anyway. I don't think I know.
[His lips twitch, and slowly a frown steals over his features - a look not so much of disapproval as deep discomfort.]
For the killer... if he'd made better friends, earlier, he might have changed. He was... a lot like me.
[It's clear from the way the muscles in his neck and haw tighten that he hates to admit that... but he won't lie about it.]
But by the time I knew him... before he did something like that, it was only a matter of time. When he killed Yamano-san, I don't think he knew he had this power. He was just doing whatever he wanted.
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For Namatame-san... it's hard to say. He wouldn't have started behaving that way if nothing had gone wrong... but if something else as bad had happened, and Personas weren't involved... he might have cracked anyway. I don't think I know.
[His lips twitch, and slowly a frown steals over his features - a look not so much of disapproval as deep discomfort.]
For the killer... if he'd made better friends, earlier, he might have changed. He was... a lot like me.
[It's clear from the way the muscles in his neck and haw tighten that he hates to admit that... but he won't lie about it.]
But by the time I knew him... before he did something like that, it was only a matter of time. When he killed Yamano-san, I don't think he knew he had this power. He was just doing whatever he wanted.