[ he locks eyes with vergilius again, waiting for him to elaborate. but eh, he'll take those. ]

You're right. After all, no one in the City deserve redemption.

[ they're all fuckin doomed and there's nothing to be done about it, yadda yadda. it is true when they say that roland represents the citydwellers as a whole -- just the pure ugliness of it. ]

Wish mine's just as complicated, though. She merely died because I was at the wrong place, at the wrong time. It just happened that I did someone a favor, and it just so happened that the Pianist manifested in the Streets of Music that day. [ he smiles, also pained. ] In the end, things like these happen all the time back there. No need to dwell too much about it.