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<DrOsborn> Before the Pale

[certaininequities]

Chiaki, it's Norman. I know we haven't really talked since we were bears, so I thought I'd check in with you and say hi. How are you?

<galagamer>

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doctor osborn

[ Old habits are hard to break. ]

norman-kun! i'm all right. the expedition went pretty well!

how are you doing?

<DrOsborn>

[certaininequities]

Oh, to the lake! I remember Joshua saying he was setting that up. I'll have to come by Insert Coin and hear all about it later.

I'm okay, just the usual, but - I wanted you to know that I met one of your other classmates, Nagito Komaeda.

<galagamer>

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you met komaeda-kun! i'm glad, he's a good friend of mine

did that go okay?

[ Norman why are you reaching out to her about this. Did something happen. ]

<DrOsborn>

[certaininequities]

I ... I'm not sure. I mentioned the student council, and ... he seemed unwilling to accept that you hadn't actually wanted to do it. He was still smiling, but ... I could tell I struck a nerve.

<galagamer>

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you told him that??

[ Oh no. Oh no, and Komaeda didn't even mention this to her. Of course he didn't. ]

what did he say?

<DrOsborn>

[certaininequities]

He called me "arrogant". For thinking I knew you better. For thinking I knew what happened. He was trying not to look upset, but ... the way he smiled was almost worse.

Is he taking being here very badly? I ... got the feeling he was trying far too hard to be happy even before I said that ...

<galagamer>

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[ Ohhhh boy. How much of this to go into? It's not all her story to tell. ]

no, he's adjusting fine. that's kind of just how he is sometimes. [ Nanami is too, but she's better at hiding it. ]

but everything that happened... it was hard on all of us, norman-kun. he probably didn't like being reminded about it.

<DrOsborn>

[certaininequities]

I did apologize to him ... as soon as I realized I wasn't handling it well. But I wanted you to know, in case somehow it did come up. I ... didn't want you to be blindsided by it.

<galagamer>

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thank you for telling me

i know you didn't mean anything by it, norman-kun. if he brings it up i'll talk with him about it


but um

did you really think i didn't want to do it?

<DrOsborn>

[certaininequities]

It was ... something about the way the stage version of you behaved. And you had said they were all depending on you, I think?

I'm so sorry if I remembered or interpreted it wrong.