[that's what subaru remembers doing too, once all was said and done. he can still feel the stickiness of the blood in his palms, though, and how the marble-like eyes were soft but firm within them. his stomach churns and he saws at the feelings, cutting them off harshly the way he'd ended up doing laying in the nurse's office until he felt well enough just to

leave. he'd wanted to spend time with keigo to get his mind off things, but... amami was there, so...]

... So yesterday, we found a total of nine bodies. One of them was burnt to a crisp the same way that fake Clamor had done, it was cut in half and hung up above both entrances... Another was hung up -- whole -- over the elevator...

[the rest'll come in a proper gathering, all the evidence laid out once everyone has had their peace with the situation, of who's died and who it could possibly be, because whether or not the school detectives who found and poked around at everything come together on that log to tell what they found subaru wouldn't. really want to say anything about it so soon.

natsume'd just woke up, after all.]

I found an arm. And a pair of eyes. I'm really glad you have such pretty gold ones, Natsume, it's been hard to look into pretty much any normal students' eyes 'cause they're the same color.