pc: akihiko

[sacredpath]

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[ziosar]

[Akihiko looks rather stressed. Is that better than being exhausted from all that happened?

Probably not]

I'm still reeling from that vote at the end. That single hour took years off my life.

[Well at least he's still fine enough to say some deadpan comment]

[sacredpath]

I'm sure.

[there's no other way to react to any of it, really.]

What did you wind up doing?

[ziosar]

I voted for Firefly.

[He's fine with admitting that, really, even though he's not sure it was the right one]

Since that tree appeared I was sure someone would go for what it offered. I guess that's what tipped the scale in that direction.

[That, as things stand, Firefly might have taken the decision to end a life, while having a clear mind]

[sacredpath]

I'm a little surprised. I didn't think many would vote for her, given how even if there was reason to think she might have done it for the apples, there was nothing even close to proof.

[ziosar]

I probably made a mistake. I can admit that. I should have tried to actually listen to her more.

That's why I intend to seek her and see where things go now.

[The lack of a time limit of less than an hour to take tense life-or-death decisions probably will help. He's not very good at empathizing with anyone he distrusts -- and during the trial he sure didn't trust neither Firefly nor Hawke at all -- but now that it's over he's going to put a whole lot of effort to overcome that and address the elephant in the room with Firefly]

[sacredpath]

Fair enough. I doubt she'll admit to anything, one way or another. I don't think the reasons there was distrust of her were wrong, just...

[not provable one way or another.]

[ziosar]

[Akihiko nods, and decides to ask in turn:]

Got any regrets on how you voted?

[He already figures out she voted for Hawke, so instead he asks if she feels she took the...the "right" decision. With a whole lot of quote marks because really, there was nothing right about this situation!]

[sacredpath]

Not really.

[not because she thinks it was obviously the right decision or not complicated, but.]

I just think it had to go the way it went.

[ziosar]

And now Anders is going to have to handle Hawke's fate. No way anybody else will be called to do that. I know he can do it-- [He already tried to do so right in front of everyone, after all] --but I'm more worried for what comes after that.

[Because that sure will hurt Anders, a lot! He's worried because, well, Akihiko talked to Anders before the trial, and he had seen how determined he had been. To have gone in with such energy, only to crash with the inevitable fact Hawke had killed...yeah, poor guy]