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So I think that I was investigating/offering condolences, but Date can't do either well, so it was painful to watch. Hitomi did say that she saw Shoko at the prison where Falco is. Given there probably aren't many characters to be added to the game, I am going out on a limb and guessing Shoko too was visiting Falco. Mama gave a weakass motive link between Ota and the Kumakuras (I always forget if it is Kuma or Kama). I did find out that Ota died 10 minutes after Iris. After leaving the warehouse, Pewter stopped by to say that the Cyclops Killings were done by Rohan (post-mortem mutilator) and Falco (murderer). Pewter obviously isn't trustworthy, but I imagine there is at least a little truth to his claim (as in likely Rohan but not Falco).

At ABIS HQ, a random thought popped into my head. If those latest victims are having their eyes forcibly removed, then wouldn't that make Date the only person who could have taken Iris' at the end of her path. There was that part when he was looking at the manual for the psync machine at the chemical plant where he stopped what he was doing and got close to Iris before the screen went black. I assumed it was him putting the equipment on her, but maybe it was more than that.

Boss is MIA, which isn't good. She's probably out dying or killing somewhere. Falco was soon brought to HQ, but with Renju dead, I am hoping history won't be repeating itself. Falco "confirms" that Shoko came to visit him, and he believes it was for the sole purpose of meeting him. Falco also gave his condensed life story, which has a few interesting tidbits:

- He killed Person X who was part of a scheme to defraud the elderly out of their assets. That is what Renju talked about while he worked for the Kumakuras. Odds are Person X doesn't matter and is just a plot device, but perhaps this mystery person is an important figure in all of this.

- Someone is wrong in their account. Pewter, using info provided by the previous investigation, says that the murderer behind the Cyclops Killings was a complete psychopath who was incapable of feeling love the way that other humans do and only gets it from killing. Even if Falco isn't fully telling the truth here, his account of his life clearly suggests he is capable of love, and he doesn't take pleasure from killing.

- Falco's work with the Kumakuras appears to be a basic contract killing using basic methods There was even an instance of showing him in the act. It wasn't anything like what the Cyclops Killer would do, and it seemed as if Rohan would be at the scene with him, AND they would choose more remote locations. This feels like Falco taking the fall (un?)willingly to protect Iris/Hitomi or for some other reason.

- Just prior to the break-in, he called in a favor. Was the break-in then staged? It seemed as if Rohan wanted Hitomi dead without knowing the connection between Falco and Hitomi, so the odds of it being staged might be low, but it's a thought.
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