Two Completely Differet Conversations

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[housewolf]

What the fuck kinda world are you livin' in?

[holeful]

I think it's pretty normal? Do you not think making killers suffer in order to catch more criminals is worth it?

[housewolf]

[Very pained.] Is that why I kept seeing you die?

Does it work?

[holeful]

Aah. You saw some of my failed dives into id wells. I think I died at least seventy times before they decided I wasn't suitable.

But they used that system to catch me. Others, too.

[housewolf]

[He is so tired. You life makes him tired.]

So... what happened after they decided you weren't... good for this?

[holeful]

Well, eventually they needed another brilliant detective, they only had three after all. So they sent me into a well with my partner.

[And then what you stupid vague man.]

[housewolf]

And... And then what, Fukuda?

[holeful]

Well, I don't like being in id wells. I don't like being Anaido. He doesn't have a hole in his head. So I tampered with the evidence. I trapped Sakaido and myself in the well. I thought he'd be angry enough to kill me.

[housewolf]

... Why did you come here? What did you want out of all of this?

[holeful]

Mm. I wanted the power to help people for real... Or really, I just wanted someone who could see me as whole, even though I'm not. Maybe that means them being broken the same as me. I don't know.

[housewolf]

[He stares up at the ceiling for a moment, his expression goes all complicated, before settling on a tired, pained smile.

And then he offers his hand for Fukuda to take, once again.]

... I wish you could've really helped people.

[holeful]

[Fukuda shifts where he's sitting so he can take Omi's hand.]

Well, two people survived. And one of them, the hole helped him become close to his important person.

[housewolf]

[Here they are. Holding hands in a jail cell.]

Most people died.

[holeful]

Aah. But I had to keep trying.

[housewolf]

Why did you feel that way?

[holeful]

[Just looking down at Omi's hand holding his.]

I don't know. I just felt like I had to. The same as when I drilled my own head.

[housewolf]

[He still doesn't pull away.]

I don't understand how you're still alive either.

[holeful]

I don't either. But I'm glad I did, even if it wasn't my plan. I got to live for three years free from numbers. And I got to meet so many people here.

[housewolf]

Did you... just want to die for real?

[holeful]

....
[Squeezing Omi's hand.]

There wasn't any reason for me to be alive.

[housewolf]

...

But you were.

And... Who was the girl you were with?

[holeful]

Miss Hondomachi. She was the detective that caught me. And the one who showed me what I really wanted to see. She forced my hand. She drilled the hole herself, the same as me.

[housewolf]

And... is she alive?

[Why are you all! Drilling! Holes!! In your heads!!!!]

[holeful]

She is. She's a Brilliant Detective now too. She's an incredible woman.

[housewolf]

... Who did she kill?

Tell me about her?