[ nods sadly at the confidentiality. she says "right now" and that can give him hope, so madara will try to be be patient. maybe someone will figure it out in the underground above them and tell him somehow. that'd be nice, because then they were getting somewhere. ]

I know, that was definitely a stabbing I had to do... and I'm sorry couldn't make it less painful.

[ the sendoff was great though, even if it was planned she'd die. i mean, mod character life :/ ]

If we both felt pain from the same sort of thing, even if it's in different ways... I don't need to throw you around. I'd want there to be someone to stop me from going too far, like Terra-san did for Ranpo-san. Both of them and you are enough to convince an idiot he should try to let go of feeling lied to.

[ he's quiet and looking contemplative, but his hands tremble a little. ]

Haha, I'm asking for a lot for an Erased person, aren't I, Maya-san? The idea that the fate of my life, death, revival,or whatever it is, my future is not in my hands anymore... I don't like that at all! But, no matter what happens to me when this game is done, I'd still like to do my best here and feel less like an idiot.

The dream of "living" is to "die" without regrets after all, right?

[ the quotes are because he's dead and now, a bit more dead. ]