[Ugh no it's his protag charm, clearly??]

...Yeah. We can't give up. I believe that, I really do.

[He offers her a wan smile, but it's a smile nonetheless!]

I just can't help but feel like... if we could all get to know each other better, we'd have a better shot at... preventing something like this from happening again. Like maybe... if the culprit had just talked to someone during the week instead of feeling alone, maybe... they wouldn't have done what they did.

[He rubs his eyes with his hands and shakes his head again.]

Maybe that's just wishful thinking, though. We're not going to know anything until tomorrow.