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Austin: It’s pretty awkward, huh? Just the two of us sitting here like this.
Nugget: You’ll have to do this two more times anyway. You'll get used to it.
Austin: Ahaha... Is that so?
Nugget: Let me ask you something. It can be about what you were doing before you came here.
Austin: Oh, that? Well, not that it matters much, but I was training in boxing. I mean, I hadn't made it to the professional level yet. just giving it a shot... It’s a bit embarrassing, actually, starting at this age.
Nugget: It’s not embarrassing at all. You worked hard at it, didn't you?
Austin: Yeah! Because it was so much fun, and I made a ton of friends... So I wanted to keep doing it. I thought if I did well enough, maybe I could turn pro.
Austin: But well... those thoughts... they're completely gone now.
Austin: Well, I guess it’s the reason I’m here? I accidentally killed someone.
Austin: He was my best friend, but I accidentally ended up killing him. Haha!
Nugget: Why are you still laughing?
Austin: Um? Well... I don't know, I guess I've become indifferent to it. It already happened, after all. Besides, even though we were close, he wasn't exactly a good person. Everyone else thought so, too.
Austin: Right? I knew you’d say that. But the people around me didn't think that way at all. Everyone loved me way more than him, so nobody really felt bad about it.
Nugget: Not even you? You don't feel bad? You really don't feel anything at all?
Austin: ...I don't know if it would feel right to feel anything else but this.
Nugget: Make up your own mind for once.
Austin: I can't. If I do... people will hate me too.
Nugget: What are you talking about? What are you, a 5 year old?
Austin: I can't really tell you. At least, not right now. I’m not quite ready... I don’t even understand what I mean myself, haha.
Nugget: It doesn't matter. Because I will be the one to strip away that mask of yours. I’ll drag out how you truly feel. even the things you don't know, or the things you're pretending not to know.
Austin: Wow... That's awesome...
Nugget: You really are utterly disgusting. [Sighs]
Nugget: Let me ask you this. Did you kill him on purpose?
Austin: No! Of course not. We just got into a fight... and it got a bit too violent... But hey! I was getting hurt too, you know! He was the one who started it! When I said I was defending myself, I meant it.
Nugget: Is that all? Are you telling the truth? Or are you just making excuses for yourself right now?
Nugget: You really deserve to get hit.
[A heavy punch lands squarely on Austin's face]
Austin: ...Whoa... You've got quite a punch there... Feel any better now?
Nugget: Not in the slightest.
Austin: You won't forgive me, will you?
Austin: But you really seem to dislike me because of what I said, don't you?
Nugget: I don't judge people based on superficial words alone. Even you don't know your own true feelings yet, so who knows if what you're spouting is real or just an act? Your self-justification, your blaming of others... I'll find out the truth soon enough.
Nugget: Prisoner Number 018, Austin...
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