Well, they believed the part about Haru-kun just enough to be able to tell themselves there was enough reasonable doubt that they could vote for me as a sure thing without feeling guilty about it, so...

[ he stops himself and frowns, shaking his head. ]

...Sorry. I mean. It's fair, I earned this for myself and I deserve it as much as anyone else. Better that it's me anyway.

It's just been a bad week.

No one deserves anything in this messed up game.

... You can complain all you want.

I don't think you want to give me that kind of freedom.

[ Shrugs. ]

Why not? I've made tons of people listen to me complain about... Shen Qingqiu. Siffrin. Rosamund.

No, I'm like, a hardcore Karen, it'll get uglier than it needs to if I really get started.