[Mm-hmm. Kim takes a long drag from his cigarette, looking a little grim.]
I wish I knew.
Was it Miss Susato who broke the window...? That part seems odd. The blanket would have had to have been placed over it over the can was thrown through it.
That was what I believed. The can of chickpeas, the broken glass...Mr. Rex couldn't have done it. So only Susato was left, but...
[Hmmm.]
Does that mean someone went back and checked on her? And tied her up and put a blanket on the window to prevent it happening again? Why? It doesn't make sense.
I wouldn't say that. I don't think that less focus on Miss Susato's safety would have improved anything.
It's more likely that we weren't asking the right questions... or perhaps we just should have started performing checks sooner. I think that otherwise, our methodology in this trial was mostly correct.
Oh, no, no, of course, her safety was paramount. But...I suppose...
[It's more that he put aside solving the mystery to focus on her, and...]
[Was that correct?]
[In the past, when he was simply solving mysteries, more a machine than a man...]
Yes. We were performing everything adequately. It wasn't as if we were at a loss of clues. We just...needed to put everything together. See what details could have cracked the thing.
[Kim studies him for a few moments, but says nothing as he takes another puff of smoke.]
We were able to narrow down the cause of death, I think... If people really do receive rewards for correct votes, maybe we'll find that some of our guesses were accurate. Though we'd probably have to ask the Watchers how those rewards work, precisely.
Mhm. And we're able to vote for two culprits at once. What I want to know is whether correctly guessing the details of two cases at once could lead to two rewards. If so, collecting data on votes would narrow down the possibilities.
[And that message...] I don't know. It seems odd that someone would leave the word "binch" and not something more meaningful than that, so... maybe there is something more there.
Hm. What troubles me is...if this was indeed left by Mr. Rex's daemon, especially when dying, would you not go for the trouble of writing something specific to implicate your murderer, instead of just writing an insult?
When Revali left us a message before, he seemed to doubt that he could name his killer directly. So I am inclined to think it must be a roundabout way of saying something.
And it was located in the storage room, with the Dust, yes? Just on the floor before the door?
[Hmmm.]
Also, did you confirm whether, if the owner suffers a poison, or something happens to them, does the same occur to the daemon? I recall you asked of it, during trial. If Mr. Rex was knocked out, surely the daemon would've been the same?
And yes, that seems to be confirmed. It goes both ways, even. That which happens to the human also happens to the daemon, and vice versa. To point to a very recent example, when we discovered Miss Susato unconscious, her daemon was unconscious with her.
He didn't use his blasted daemon to do it! Lieutenant! Mr. Rex was in the storage room with Miss Susato! He carved that message himself with the sword! So...so that means...someone came in to remove him after he passed out!
I think the order of events are starting to become a little clearer. Miss Susato recalls seeing Mr. Rex. We know there was a grand fight in the markets. Blood was found there, and a body was dragged from there, likely Mr. Rex's. He was brought to the storage room, and...well, this part is still unclear. Miss Susato was found in the back, yes? One would assume she was brought first and placed there, and then the young man was brought there, unconscious. The tobacco was lit, the door was closed, and Mr. Rex came to. Weak, he likely used his sword to cut a message into the floor before he succumbed to the fumes, likely passing away from carbon monoxide poisoning. That is why dust was found around the message.
Then...someone came in to drag his body out into the lobby of the bar, tipping over the other hookah near his body. Whether that footprint is valid evidence is still in question. So, did Miss Susato, awakening in the meantime, throw the can through the window to save her own life? One would question how she didn't succumb to the poisoning herself, however.
[Hmmmm.]
I would have to ask her for more details regarding what she remembers. But you did find her with the ropes already cut, yes? Perhaps she used a power from the coins...
If they were in the room together, how did Susato survive, while Rex died? Especially if she was there first.
And there's still the question of that window... It looked like someone covered it with a blanket after the can was thrown through it.
As for the ropes, she claimed she cut them with a knife from her waistband. And a knife was indeed found with her, with no noteworthy damage or residue on it.
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[A nod, and he'll light a cigarette.]
I'm sorry. I'm sure this wasn't a very satisfying conclusion to the case.
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[He frowns.]
If...if only we had more time to sort out that second case...
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[Hm.]
Plus, there was still the matter of the differences between Mr. Rex and Miss Susato? Why? What was the order of events, there?
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I wish I knew.
Was it Miss Susato who broke the window...? That part seems odd. The blanket would have had to have been placed over it over the can was thrown through it.
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[Hmmm.]
Does that mean someone went back and checked on her? And tied her up and put a blanket on the window to prevent it happening again? Why? It doesn't make sense.
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[He shakes his head.] It's hard to say.
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[And there's just an angry noise.]
What happened?! It's just...we should have figured it out.
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[Kim shakes his head.]
I don't know what to make of it.
Maybe we were missing something bigger than the details, from the start.
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We were so focused on finding Miss Susato that...we have missed the forest for the trees.
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It's more likely that we weren't asking the right questions... or perhaps we just should have started performing checks sooner. I think that otherwise, our methodology in this trial was mostly correct.
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[It's more that he put aside solving the mystery to focus on her, and...]
[Was that correct?]
[In the past, when he was simply solving mysteries, more a machine than a man...]
Yes. We were performing everything adequately. It wasn't as if we were at a loss of clues. We just...needed to put everything together. See what details could have cracked the thing.
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We were able to narrow down the cause of death, I think... If people really do receive rewards for correct votes, maybe we'll find that some of our guesses were accurate. Though we'd probably have to ask the Watchers how those rewards work, precisely.
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[There seemed to be some debate about something extra he had, if he can recall.]
And...I do wonder about that note. The supposed "key evidence". We'll have to decode it properly. Do you really think it said...what was it? "Binch"?
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[And that message...] I don't know. It seems odd that someone would leave the word "binch" and not something more meaningful than that, so... maybe there is something more there.
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Hm. What troubles me is...if this was indeed left by Mr. Rex's daemon, especially when dying, would you not go for the trouble of writing something specific to implicate your murderer, instead of just writing an insult?
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When Revali left us a message before, he seemed to doubt that he could name his killer directly. So I am inclined to think it must be a roundabout way of saying something.
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[Hmmm.]
Also, did you confirm whether, if the owner suffers a poison, or something happens to them, does the same occur to the daemon? I recall you asked of it, during trial. If Mr. Rex was knocked out, surely the daemon would've been the same?
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And yes, that seems to be confirmed. It goes both ways, even. That which happens to the human also happens to the daemon, and vice versa. To point to a very recent example, when we discovered Miss Susato unconscious, her daemon was unconscious with her.
So... yes. It does seem odd.
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[....!]
Wait one second. Lieutenant. Wasn't Mr. Rex found with his sword? But he was outside of the storage room where Ms. Susato was found, wasn't he?
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[...?]
There was wood dust on the sword... with a bit of wood grain curled at the tip.
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He didn't use his blasted daemon to do it! Lieutenant! Mr. Rex was in the storage room with Miss Susato! He carved that message himself with the sword! So...so that means...someone came in to remove him after he passed out!
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God... you're right. We overlooked that. But how can that be?
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Then...someone came in to drag his body out into the lobby of the bar, tipping over the other hookah near his body. Whether that footprint is valid evidence is still in question. So, did Miss Susato, awakening in the meantime, throw the can through the window to save her own life? One would question how she didn't succumb to the poisoning herself, however.
[Hmmmm.]
I would have to ask her for more details regarding what she remembers. But you did find her with the ropes already cut, yes? Perhaps she used a power from the coins...
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And there's still the question of that window... It looked like someone covered it with a blanket after the can was thrown through it.
As for the ropes, she claimed she cut them with a knife from her waistband. And a knife was indeed found with her, with no noteworthy damage or residue on it.