[Atsushi isn’t quite as naive as he appears. He knows that people die unjustified deaths, that murderers get away with killing innocent people, that life is fleeting and precious. He realizes that violence is a part of life, as much as he dislikes it, and that all he can do is not contribute to it.
He still doesn’t understand why he’d been attacked by that random person, why he’d been threatened at gunpoint to hand over his money or else. He still doesn’t understand, even when his attacker is pinned to the wall like an insect on display. He only snaps out of his confusion and shock when Kei addresses him, and only then does Atsushi realize that Kei is the murderer.]
What...?
[Atsushi has never seen a dead person before. He drops to his knees, eyes wide in shock as he stares at the body in horror.]
Is he...dead?
[Obviously. But shock does strange things to people.]
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He still doesn’t understand why he’d been attacked by that random person, why he’d been threatened at gunpoint to hand over his money or else. He still doesn’t understand, even when his attacker is pinned to the wall like an insect on display. He only snaps out of his confusion and shock when Kei addresses him, and only then does Atsushi realize that Kei is the murderer.]
What...?
[Atsushi has never seen a dead person before. He drops to his knees, eyes wide in shock as he stares at the body in horror.]
Is he...dead?
[Obviously. But shock does strange things to people.]