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He pauses briefly. It's truly not relevant, but-- "...They?"

~~Conversations that Hakkai has had with Avalon: the traumatic death by suicide of his twin sister. Conversations that Hakkai has not had with Avalon: their gender identity.~~

Ruka looks up, expression blank. "...They?" She echoes, not seeming to understand what's wrong. After another beat she adds, "well, Avalon doesn't seem to have a real form... So I don't know if they're actually a guy or a girl? But their inmate ledger says 'they' too, so..."

She trails off, not sure if either of them are right or wrong. "I never really thought to ask."

"No, I'm sorry, that does make perfect sense--"

He clears his throat, glancing away. "I, ah. Hadn't checked the inmate ledger for them." He should have, especially given the odd behavior, but he'd thought it was more reasonable to go speak to them in person. The ledger does tend to be -- less than helpful. But he shouldn't be ignoring available information, even if it isn't as helpful as he'd like.

"In any case." He looks down, his expression smoothing out. "I wouldn't say I'm suffering particularly from despair. But I will admit I found her death quite difficult. I assume they -- thought it was a weakness that they could exploit, then."

All's well that ends well, she supposes, focusing briefly on her communicator to get her message to the Admiral about reviving Avalon.

"Maybe..." She sighs, shaking her head. "I should've learned more... I'm sorry I couldn't prevent this." She stands and brushes herself off, wandering a bit to find another towel to start cleaning up the blood.

"I can talk to the Admiral about you, too, if you want. Tell him that it wasn't your fault."

"There's no need." Hakkai carefully peels the bloody handkerchief away from his wrist, checks the bleeding -- slowed enough not to worry about -- and knots the handkerchief awkwardly one-handed over the wound before he straightens up.

"If he asks, you can tell him anything you like, but I... would assume I'd be an inmate already if I were going to be demoted for this." And it had been self-defense. Although he should have been able to defend himself more effectively without killing.

That's a matter to discuss with Xie Lian, though, later. He glances at the blanket-covered corpse.

"Shall I move them to the bed?"

She doesn't know how fast the Admiral works, but she supposes that's true. So it's probably fine then...

"Oh, yes. I can help--" SHe automatically moves to try and help Hakkai move him.

"You don't have to if you'd rather not..." He's crouching beside Avalon, ready to scoop their body into his arms blanket and all to avoid making Ruka interact with the corpse.

"I want to," Ruka quickly assures him, going opposite Hakkai to help get Avalon to the bed.

Once there she fusses again a little bit, smoothing the comforter. "I'll let you know once he's up and feeling better. Do you... Do you want to try and talk to him again, or...?"

"Not without at least one other person present," Hakkai sighs, taking a polite step back from the bed. "Although please let me know if you need someone to bring food while he's recovering from the death toll? I'm certainly -- responsible for this."

If for no other reason than he certainly should have known better.

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