video;

[fuckinstoplights]

[Wow, Kagerou never looked so grim before. He's squinting at the camera like it's somehow offended him. He's also indoors. Inside an apartment. Where he has never gone in all the months he's been in the city.]

You all lied to me.

[... yeah that's a little harsher than he usually sounds. His lip actually curls.]

There's no one here. It's all mine.

Why were you all trying to tell me otherwise?

[Okay, while it's true he doesn't currently have a roommate, what the hell Kagerou. You're not usually this demanding.]

Is it because I'm not like any of you? Is that why you were trying to scare me off? Were you all lying to me about everything?

[REALLY not this demanding. Ever. Whoops.]

Comments

[video]

[fuckinstoplights]

You keep saying that! Do you even mean it?

You sound like you're on their side!

[video]

[strengthinkindness]

Y-Yes, of course I do...I-I...I didn't mean to offend you...

I-I'm not on...any side. I'm just trying to...explain what might have happened...

[video]

[fuckinstoplights]

You should have thought of that before you started siding with the liars!

I can't trust any of you. None of you!

[video]

[strengthinkindness]

I-I'm sure no one meant to lie...! P-Please...!

[video]

[fuckinstoplights]

Please what.

[video]

[strengthinkindness]

Please, just...just listen. N-No one's...trying to lie to you...

[video]

[fuckinstoplights]

Why should I trust any of you!

[video]

[strengthinkindness]

...B-Because...some of us are similar to you...M-Maybe not exactly the same, but...still different from...humans.

A-And some of us started out...alone...but...it doesn't have to stay that way...

[video]

[fuckinstoplights]

But not all of you. And you never ask! You won't ever know until you do!

Yes it does.

Don't talk about it like you understand me.

[video]

[strengthinkindness]

H...Have you ever asked...?

[It's not accusatory or upset. Just a simple question.]

[video]

[fuckinstoplights]

No. I thought it was obvious!

[video]

[strengthinkindness]

You...thought it was obvious that everyone was human? Or that some might not be?

[video]

[fuckinstoplights]

That I wasn't!

[video]

[strengthinkindness]

Wh...Wh-What would make it so obvious?

[video]

[fuckinstoplights]

[He sputters something. No, he doesn't have a good answer for that.]

It -- just should have been!

[video]

[strengthinkindness]

I-Is it...always obvious to you when others aren't originally human...?

[video]

[fuckinstoplights]

Don't make this about me. I haven't done anything wrong!

[video]

[strengthinkindness]

B-But...you never asked if any others were previously human...I-It's...hard to tell who was and who wasn't for those who've never been human, isn't it?

[video]

[fuckinstoplights]

You're not listening!

[Which isn't true, but he can't see that right now.]

[video]

[strengthinkindness]

I-I...I am listening...and I do understand. I-I'm just...trying to help you understand too...

[video]

[fuckinstoplights]

I don't need to!

Why should I listen to some human!

[video]

[strengthinkindness]

But I...I-I'm not human...I-I mean...I wasn't, before coming here...

Just like you weren't...

[video]

[fuckinstoplights]

...

What.

[video]

[strengthinkindness]

I-I...wasn't human before either. Wh-When I came here...it changed me too...

[video]

[fuckinstoplights]

How can I believe that.