[Holmes runs a hand past his forehead, thinking it over. His gaze strays from the photos to the Asougi file, then on to Gregson's trunk. What is he missing? What went on so many years ago? It's difficult for him to remember the details- it's been twelve years, what with Empatheias tossed on top of the time which had passed back home.]
A collaboration, perhaps... It seems entirely too convenient that one of the Professor's victims was our Chief Vortex's predecessor- the previous Chief Magistrate. However, our big bushy bearded friend must be hiding some secrets of his own. I happen to know for a fact that Asougi- the older Asougi- did not quite trust him in the end.
[Because Klimt's child had been hidden from him. Mikotoba had been sworn to secrecy when it came to that matter, Holmes remembers that much.]
Our would-be Professor used Mikotoba as his sole confidant right before his execution. If the three of them were indeed close friends, then why not include the bushy beard who'd insisted upon Asougi's innocence? Why indeed...
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A collaboration, perhaps... It seems entirely too convenient that one of the Professor's victims was our Chief Vortex's predecessor- the previous Chief Magistrate. However, our big bushy bearded friend must be hiding some secrets of his own. I happen to know for a fact that Asougi- the older Asougi- did not quite trust him in the end.
[Because Klimt's child had been hidden from him. Mikotoba had been sworn to secrecy when it came to that matter, Holmes remembers that much.]
Our would-be Professor used Mikotoba as his sole confidant right before his execution. If the three of them were indeed close friends, then why not include the bushy beard who'd insisted upon Asougi's innocence? Why indeed...