[It's said like an accusation. Fukawa's sufficiently distracted from the wound for the moment, imagined horrors taking precedent. For all that she's been forced to endure — the Killing School Life, the Towa City children's revolt and massacre of adults — she still had room left for outrage. She was forced to endure atrocities, not deliberately sent to take care of them. Hell, she wasn't even supposed to be in Towa City! And even if the Future Foundation sent her on an assignment, it wouldn't have been as cannon fodder.
And then there's a second horror. Her face rumples, disgust mixing with a weariness borne from thinly stretched sanity.]
So, he was a zombie. [God. Was nothing sacred? Was nothing safe?] I j-just...eugh! Resilience isn't — it d-doesn't matter how strong you are, or h-how much you think you can take. Kids shouldn't b-be sent out to fight anything. It's wrong. You're damn lucky you survived. You kn-know that, right?
wishing desperately for things to stop happening
[So then—]
You were j-just a kid!
[It's said like an accusation. Fukawa's sufficiently distracted from the wound for the moment, imagined horrors taking precedent. For all that she's been forced to endure — the Killing School Life, the Towa City children's revolt and massacre of adults — she still had room left for outrage. She was forced to endure atrocities, not deliberately sent to take care of them. Hell, she wasn't even supposed to be in Towa City! And even if the Future Foundation sent her on an assignment, it wouldn't have been as cannon fodder.
And then there's a second horror. Her face rumples, disgust mixing with a weariness borne from thinly stretched sanity.]
So, he was a zombie. [God. Was nothing sacred? Was nothing safe?] I j-just...eugh! Resilience isn't — it d-doesn't matter how strong you are, or h-how much you think you can take. Kids shouldn't b-be sent out to fight anything. It's wrong. You're damn lucky you survived. You kn-know that, right?