[Blake doesn't actually want to argue that much, not if Ishimaru's calmed down some and stopped crying, but he can't stop it. It's just wrong.] Nobody's all right with being dead.

[Sure, there's suicides, but that's its own kind of crazy.]

You know it's bound to happen sooner or later, but it still pisses you off. It should. Especially for a kid.

[It's been a while since Blake has really thought about what laws are for. They're just things he carries out. He's on the physical side, not the philosophical.]

Huh. You know, that's not a bad way to put it. At least, that's the idea. Things change when they hit the pavement.

[He doesn't sound as callously comfortable with that as usual.]

[Ishimaru said something about helping to kill his classmates. Maybe it's guilt talking. The thought of some killer sick enough to force kids to kill each other makes a cold, deep rage boil down in the pit of Blake's stomach.]

No matter what's happened, it's not your fault. It's all on the son of a bitch behind it.