Warmwood Day 2

[irenicly]

[With three more people down, things are starting to look serious.

The true Seer has been left to her dreams, and now the False Seer is calling another person a liar, but there's something about this entire situation that's rubbing Banjou the wrong way. It feels too convenient, but there's only one person he trusts to talk to about this sort of thing.]

Shuu-san, I need to talk to you. You're the only person in the entire village I can trust.

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[irenicly]

It's possible it's a forgery.

[It seems as likely as anything. He still thinks the forgery is a possibility, but as soon as Tsukiyama asks that question, he has an oh moment of his own.]

Kimblee-san was the one acting suspiciously yesterday, wasn't he? The False Seer should have used the opportunity to scan him in their dreams, but they didn't. Instead they chose Fulbright-san.

[It's a strange choice.]

[lasuaspada]

Mhmm. It would be much easier to scan Kimblee-san and claim that he's a demon, wouldn't it? If they're so confident...

But they didn't call him a demon, they checked Fulbright-san instead and called Kimblee-san a liar.

[irenicly]

It doesn't make any sense.

There wasn't anything stopping them from looking at Kimblee-san.

[lasuaspada]

...If Kimblee-san is the real False Seer, that means whomever wrote that note isn't. They couldn't claim that Kimblee-san is a demon in that case, because there's a chance that they're wrong. So the only way that note makes any sense is if the person writing it couldn't be sure.

[...]

...Or perhaps if they can be sure, and know for a fact that Kimblee-san isn't a demon at all. "Outing" Kimblee-san in that case would destroy the ruse and their word couldn't be trusted again.

The demons would know. In that case, this would be a solid argument for why Kimblee-san isn't one of theirs, and why the dove might be.

[irenicly]

[It's a lot to take in.

The dove being a demon is the most likely explanation right now. It's their only lead.]

You're probably right.

If he's a demon, Our Lady is counting on us to find them for her.

[lasuaspada]

I'll make sure it comes out at the trial.

Even if I'm wrong, I'm not going to complain about one less dove in the world.