[The shadow responds to Kotoha with an almost bored tone.]
Sure, one in a million people have enough luck and talent to make it honestly. But what about everyone else? Grandfather has whole bunch of successful people working under him. And they all got rich on the other side of the law. It's easier.
[Akane shakes her head at Nano.]
I'm afraid she might hurt you. And...
[And she's right. Her whole family, everything she had back home was all the product of a criminal empire.]
I don't want you to hear this...
[Her voice cracks on that last, choking back tears. She lost her friends back home over this. Was it just going to happen again?]
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Sure, one in a million people have enough luck and talent to make it honestly. But what about everyone else? Grandfather has whole bunch of successful people working under him. And they all got rich on the other side of the law. It's easier.
[Akane shakes her head at Nano.]
I'm afraid she might hurt you. And...
[And she's right. Her whole family, everything she had back home was all the product of a criminal empire.]
I don't want you to hear this...
[Her voice cracks on that last, choking back tears. She lost her friends back home over this. Was it just going to happen again?]