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Subaru:  That was why he’d been running around, even humbling himself, to get Echidna and then Roswaal to cooperate with him. The results of his efforts were that he’d gained the cooperation of neither. Subaru had that unpalatable truth rubbed into his face. Hence, Otto’s words were way off base. That path had been long closed to him. "I tried asking people. I looked for help… But it was no good." In the end, the arbitrary, overbearing If I don’t protect her… feelings he’d harbored were rejected by Emilia, and he’d realized he himself had been looking down on her. Having his expectations betrayed yet refusing to give up, he’d spent the rest of the night lamenting to the stars. Despite Subaru’s various experiences, despite Subaru’s numerous encounters, he was neither able to advance nor retreat. Subaru was even out of dry laughter as his own shame tormented him, there in quiet despair.
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Otto:  Otto’s lips trembled. "But…but Mr. Natsuki, I do not yet recall you ever asking me."
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Subaru:  ""
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Otto:  "Perhaps you think I am not worth asking, that it is meaningless to ask, or otherwise dismissed the notion in a similar fashion. Perhaps, Mr. Natsuki, I appear to you as one among the great throngs of people you must protect, or something along those lines." His voice trembled in an effort to suppress his emotions, though it only brought them into sharper relief. This was Otto’s anger, Otto’s sadness, and only a fraction of more roiling emotions left with no place to go.
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Subaru:  Comprehending this, Subaru instantly lifted his face. "Y-you’re wrong."
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Otto:  "How am I mistaken? Otherwise, it would be very strange indeed. With what reason do you have to cower here by yourself without a single word to me?"
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Subaru:  "I haven’t looked at you like…not telling you things wasn’t because I didn’t trust you…it’s not like that. You’re wrong." Shaking his head, Subaru denied it.
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Otto:  Otto pressed him further into a corner with a wordless stare.
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Subaru:  Its power made Subaru lower his eyes, running dry on words as he desperately sought a reply. It wasn’t that he didn’t trust Otto. If anything, it was the reverse. He trusted Otto. Just how many times over had Otto aided Subaru that loop? It wasn’t about money; Otto had saved him before out of benevolence, putting his sense of obligation and humanity first. When he’d called Otto a friend, there was no falsehood behind it. But how could Subaru speak to that very Otto about his circumstances?
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Subaru:  "" Instinctively, he knew.