[ ayaka freezes at the answer. even though she had logically expected it, it doesn't make the reality of it any easier. with the confirmation, the memories that were dammed are free to flow. she remembers seeing richard arrive, lightning crackling at his feet, picking up the knife and bringing it down into siobhan's chest in a fluid motion.
suddenly, it feels hard to breathe again, as the memory washes over her again like poison. in the darkness, it had been difficult to see siobhan's corpse and, in the trial, ayaka had made an effort to ignore siobhan's corpse, because she's not sure she would have been able to keep it together if she had gotten close to it. ]
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[ ayaka freezes at the answer. even though she had logically expected it, it doesn't make the reality of it any easier. with the confirmation, the memories that were dammed are free to flow. she remembers seeing richard arrive, lightning crackling at his feet, picking up the knife and bringing it down into siobhan's chest in a fluid motion.
suddenly, it feels hard to breathe again, as the memory washes over her again like poison. in the darkness, it had been difficult to see siobhan's corpse and, in the trial, ayaka had made an effort to ignore siobhan's corpse, because she's not sure she would have been able to keep it together if she had gotten close to it. ]