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Coral

[Upon entering your team's cloud of mist, you find yourselves transported to a bare stone room with a single stone table and chairs. (The chairs have been bolted to the floor.) On the table are a 16 red stones, 8 blue stones, and a 2 black stones. There are also indentations around the edge of the table, each one marked in the color of one of the teams.]

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Uryu...? Don't what?

Look, I understand that you wanna remain positive about this, but trying to convince yourself you're not gonna hurt anyone isn't going to change what really happens.

Stay positive and determined, but don't lie to yourself.

[says the hypocrite]

[a beat]

. . .

. . . Even if it were just a game . . . I wouldn't even pretend to play this kind of game lightly. Even if it's just pretend hurt, it's still hurt. ... So I'm not lying to myself. Hurt is hurt. But there are different ways to approach it. ... I think... Kit, is different from me. But I don't think that's a bad thing. I think that just means we can make up for where the other one isn't as strong.

. . . Uryu. But, you know... Anyone would make everyone really sad, if they wore such a sad expression all the time. So, that's why I think it's better to smile, even if it does hurt. The game only lasts for a little while, but a smile lasts even longer! But sadness even longer than that, if you're not careful.

Kit isn't wrong. ... And I don't think I'm wrong, either. Uryu. I think, we just have different ways of protecting Coral.