Then perhaps I should be the one to speak for myself.
[Rika raises her voice--as much as someone with naturally soft spoken tones can. There's a sternness in the way she speaks, but there's also quite a bit of confidence, too.
She doesn't back down.
Not in the slightest.]
I do not have ill intentions when I said what I did. Certainly, I did not see any of the bodies. And certainly, I also have no connections to most anyone here, which makes it easy for someone like me to detach myself.
But you make quite a bit of assumptions about me. Helena-san, was it? If you believe that these words of mine were simply for my own personal ego, then that is what you will believe, even if I say otherwise.
Am I above it all? Of course not. I am fully aware, more than anyone that death can meet the end of any person; whether it's here, or elsewhere.
In any case. I would like to at least hear more about what happened. Because certainly, when things do go in a certain direction, it can grow troublesome. But at the same time... is it not through communication that we are able to understand each other better? A lack of it entirely and leaving someone--one, or others, will only cause to hurt us than bring us together.
[She shuts her eyes, taking a deep breath, thoughtfully.]
Nevertheless... for my careless actions and words being spun in a way that upset you. I offer my sincerest apologies. [She bows, polite.] I will at the very least respect being quiet moving forward for the rest of this meeting.
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[Rika raises her voice--as much as someone with naturally soft spoken tones can. There's a sternness in the way she speaks, but there's also quite a bit of confidence, too.
She doesn't back down.
Not in the slightest.]
I do not have ill intentions when I said what I did. Certainly, I did not see any of the bodies. And certainly, I also have no connections to most anyone here, which makes it easy for someone like me to detach myself.
But you make quite a bit of assumptions about me. Helena-san, was it? If you believe that these words of mine were simply for my own personal ego, then that is what you will believe, even if I say otherwise.
Am I above it all? Of course not. I am fully aware, more than anyone that death can meet the end of any person; whether it's here, or elsewhere.
In any case. I would like to at least hear more about what happened. Because certainly, when things do go in a certain direction, it can grow troublesome. But at the same time... is it not through communication that we are able to understand each other better? A lack of it entirely and leaving someone--one, or others, will only cause to hurt us than bring us together.
[She shuts her eyes, taking a deep breath, thoughtfully.]
Nevertheless... for my careless actions and words being spun in a way that upset you. I offer my sincerest apologies. [She bows, polite.] I will at the very least respect being quiet moving forward for the rest of this meeting.