[ he's not much for beating around the bush when he doesn't feel like he has to. ]
Yep. 'Cause some of us knew him well enough to know he wouldn't kill anyone without a darn good reason, so we had to be missing a huge chunk of the story if the evidence ended up pointing to him. Which was true.
I'm not sayin' voting out an innocent person instead was right, 'cause it wasn't, even if it was the choice some of us decided to make. But I'm absolutely saying there's no way in hell he'd ever brutally murder a kid to get at somebody else or take hostages like that.
[ It's a straight-forward answer and that earns Datz enough respect back that Ponta pauses to seriously consider it. ]
For a habitual liar, he really has a way of winning people over.
[ From where Ponta is standing, Reigen is extremely shady as a person. Not talking to him much in private but watching his public performances, the transparent lies and the less transparent ones... How could he not be wary? ]
One could almost be jealous.
[ There's a huff here that reads oddly self-deprecating. ]
[ there's a slight head tilt of curiosity there, but he's not going to pry without reason. ]
Yeah, well. He may lie about a lot of dumb stuff, but there's no mistaking the important things — how much he cares about a lot of the people here, and how far he'd go to protect 'em. I want him alive 'cause I know he'll keep doing everything he can to help us get through this.
[ ...and unfortunately hans just came off as kind of a sleazebag that he didn't trust to do the same. ]
[ The Janeway trial is over and done with and it was entirely inconclusive, so they can't say with certainty whether or not someone killed for Reigen or someone took advantage of the situation.
Either way, it leaves a bad taste in Ponta's mouth. ]
It's a double-edged sword, depending on where you stand.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
Yep. 'Cause some of us knew him well enough to know he wouldn't kill anyone without a darn good reason, so we had to be missing a huge chunk of the story if the evidence ended up pointing to him. Which was true.
I'm not sayin' voting out an innocent person instead was right, 'cause it wasn't, even if it was the choice some of us decided to make. But I'm absolutely saying there's no way in hell he'd ever brutally murder a kid to get at somebody else or take hostages like that.
no subject
For a habitual liar, he really has a way of winning people over.
[ From where Ponta is standing, Reigen is extremely shady as a person. Not talking to him much in private but watching his public performances, the transparent lies and the less transparent ones... How could he not be wary? ]
One could almost be jealous.
[ There's a huff here that reads oddly self-deprecating. ]
no subject
Yeah, well. He may lie about a lot of dumb stuff, but there's no mistaking the important things — how much he cares about a lot of the people here, and how far he'd go to protect 'em. I want him alive 'cause I know he'll keep doing everything he can to help us get through this.
[ ...and unfortunately hans just came off as kind of a sleazebag that he didn't trust to do the same. ]
no subject
[ The Janeway trial is over and done with and it was entirely inconclusive, so they can't say with certainty whether or not someone killed for Reigen or someone took advantage of the situation.
Either way, it leaves a bad taste in Ponta's mouth. ]
It's a double-edged sword, depending on where you stand.