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Waking up
[Shotaro woke up screaming. Perhaps out of some remembered pain, or his fear had been a bit more than he had let on in front of Terui. His eyes were wide and his face sweaty as he patted himself down. As if he had to verify that yes, indeed, he was still here.

Sadly his foot still wasn't. It would have been nice if they gave it back. It might take the edge off.]

On with his day
[Just because he should be dead didn't mean he didn't have work to do. He made his daily check of the Tip Box in the Lounge before heading to his morning shift at the Gift Shop. After having lunch and doing some reading in the Lounge with his stump propped up on the coffee table, he's off to work again in the Laundry.

He might be a little excessively jumpy today, so it's a great time for people to sneak up on him and clap him on the shoulder.]

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[Okay someone bursting in like that is the last thing he needed. He shouts and scrambles away on the bed against the wall.]

[ He comes to a stop just inside the door and stares in confusion. ]

Shotaro? It's me. Are you all right?

[Finally, his brain kicks in. He leans his head forward as if he needs to get a better look, and he finally relaxes.]

I'm alright. Just-- Don't rush a guy like that. [Pushes his hair back out of his face with a sigh.]

My apologies.

[ A little more hesitantly than usual, he approaches Shotaro's bed. ]

Ryu Terui told me what happened.

[And he starts untwisting himself from his sheets. How did one freakout do this, jeez?]

Yeah? Does he still think he's responsible for it?

He insisted on apologizing.

I am glad you're all right.

If he does I'm going to insist on punching him in the face.

As all right as I was before I was fried like a shrimp. [Okay time to change clothes. It is hopefully only his imagination that he smells like smoke.]

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[ Philip will help him keep his balance.

It doesn't make sense, he knew Shotaro was going to come back so why does he feel so relieved? It was only expected, right? ]

Why did you allow yourself to die, Shotaro?

[Yes good partner.]

Because it was the right thing to do. Why should Terui have to die just because of some bullshit questions?

He'd have come back, though, the same as you have.

If I shocked him even once, I may as well hang my hat up. That's not what a detective is supposed to do.

[ He blinks in surprise. ]

A detective... places others' safety over his own, then?

Absolutely. Once, I got cocky. I ended up getting the client hurt. I've never seen the Boss more angry than he was that day. I thought I was done for! He told me detectives that couldn't even protect their client were the worst kind of scum.

In a way, I already violated that with John. But I'm not going to let it happen again if I have any control over it.

[ Terui and Yui aren't their clients, but Philip is pretty sure Shotaro doesn't care about that, from the way he's talking.

He looks down at the floor as he considers this. ]

I see.

I'm not sure I would qualify to be a detective, then.

[And he pauses from buttoning up his shirt to look over at him. He's pretty sure he thought he knew what that meant, but he's not going to jump to conclusions.

Also, if the goal is to get out and shut this place down then everyone is their client. ~~Except Scratch~~.]

What do you mean?

I willingly shocked Yui Kiriyama once, and I would have done it again on her second incorrect answer had I realized it was incorrect.

[ After experiencing it himself he wasn't so sure he would have done it if that last answer had been wrong, but that hardly excuses him. Shotaro didn't shock Terui even once. And Philip isn't in the business of making excuses for himself. ]

[And before even Shotaro realizes what he's doing, he's punching him. And on account of the missing foot and not being on his crutch, his balance is off.

He topples over toward the bed and falls into a seated position up against it.]

[ Philip goes stumbling back into a wall. He holds his face where a nice bruise is swelling up and stares down at Shotaro blankly. ]

[He starts picking himself up off the floor, no help needed, thanks.] After what happened to us did you think it wasn't for real?!

She's one of this prison's precious Deadmen too. She would have been revived the same as you or I!

It doesn't matter! Are you just playing along with someone else's game now?!

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I-- [ He scrubs at his hair in frustration. ] I don't...

[ He's not atoning for anything, he realizes. He slumps to the floor, just staring at Shotaro. ]

[Thus commences angry tie-knotting.] You'll have to deal with Yui on your own. The poor girl was already terrified from the start, I can't imagine that did her any favors.

[Vest on, crutch under his arm, and the last thing on is the fedora before he heads to leave.]

[ He looks down at the floor, unsure what to say. Shotaro has a point. What is Philip even doing? ]

...Shotaro...

[He stops short, just for a second, before he heads off toward the entrance to the main prison.]

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