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I think this is the problem, isn't it. You have to treat it like it's real, on the chance that it is.

...Yeah.

Monika wasn't sure how much to spread it, either. Because of how people might start acting. But that's at least six teams that know.

[ BDSM (RIP), froggystyle, mmm, sweet theory, justice, and now go to sleep ]

It's only TBD, A Peace Sign, Yuneyuze, and Hot Mess that might not. ...Should we tell them, too?

I don't want to.

[so that's her vote.]

[ softly, as an aside to her, ]

Did you change your mind?

[she nods.]

It didn't help them to know.

Okay.

[ that's fine. in his mind, she's not wrong. ]

Then we won't say anything unless other people talk to us first. What about you guys?

[ looking over at go to sleep ]

I think some caution is warranted.

[ this is an unsure vote ]

Mm.

...Maybe it's better not to say anything.

[Kaveh presses his fist to his mouth, looking extremely conflicted.]

I understand your logic. [Because he does. He's not naive.] But...

[It just feels... a little bit like betrayal, to keep it from certain people. He looks at Nahida, beseeching.]

[listen they're just being kind of emo he's allowed to disagree.]

...It's okay, Kaveh. You guys get a say, too.

[He offers her a small smile, an attempt at being reassuring.]

I do mean it when I say I understand. This is dangerous information when we can't guarantee that it's false. But like Nahida said--Shenhe is from Teyvat, and... [Well. He's just really attached to Wolfwood and Vash so there's bias there. But also--] ...it seems like wherever we went on our "special mission" borrowed from her memories. I think she has a right to know.

But I do want to make sure it doesn't push her to do anything reckless. So we'll have to be careful about it.

[ they told matsui and he got so extra depressed he got eaten by a bad vibes shark so ]

Who do you want to tell?

[He nods toward Nahida.]

...I wouldn't feel comfortable keeping it from Shenhe. [And honestly the rest of Shenhe's team too but this is a more rational answer.] There are others I'd like to tell, but... I don't want to push anyone into frightened violence. If they're upset with us for keeping quiet, I'll take responsibility.

...you don't need to take responsiblity for it alone. This is a group decision.

[He nods.]

I know.

[Whether that will change his behavior if this blows up, ehhhh... but he doesn't seem to be faking it, at least.]

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[god kaveh is getting so many points for being cool and noble.]

It's not just your decision. But I'm okay with telling Shenhe.

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I like Shenhe. ...Wolfwood is okay too. You guys can tell them, when you think it's a good time to.

[ it feels wrong to just keep things to people they like, because if that were the metric, he's pretty sure they'd just tell everybody. but after this weekend, it's easier to draw some lines.

also this is very sweet, but he shakes his head. ]

We're doing this together. Don't take responsibility for everyone.

Speaking generally, I think... it's better for people to make informed decisions. But until we have more pieces of this puzzle, I am a little worried it might do more harm than good.

[but she looks conflicted.]

...but, I do want to at least tell A Peace Sign. Shenhe... she's from Teyvat, just like Kaveh and me.

I don't know.

[she hunches a little.]

When I talked to Matsui on Saturday, he was - thinking this was true hurt him so, so much. It didn't make him decide to fight, it made him think he had to, and those are two different things.

[Aww, Ylfa. Kaveh's gaze softens.]

...Alex told me that those who are Erased--at least for now, they're still around in some capacity. Just on a different "frequency" from the rest of us. [...] I'd like to think that he and Buzen found each other again there. I promised him that I would keep looking for a better way, like Buzen wanted to. That's the best thing we can do for them now.

They are? How does she know?

Ruby told her, apparently. Though, I recall hearing that after everything's over, the Erased go to their own world's afterlives, wasn't it? So I imagine it's just until the game is over.

[she swallows.]

I guess that makes sense.