As Furudo spoke, Rita listened in silence, offering no reactions to her words... until she mentioned the shadows touching people, which caused Rita's eyes to widen. "It touched you? You're sure?" That was unexpected. If true, it would create even more holes in Rita's existing hypotheses. However, if true, it would also bring them closer to the truth. No evidence could go overlooked. "How did it touch you? What did it feel like?"
Rita understood that she was expected to contribute some of her observations as well, though, so she began with what seemed the most relevant. "When I tried to attack the shadow that I encountered, my weapon passed right through it, and it gave no reaction. It didn't make any attempt to touch me," she described in a clinical manner that made no hint to the amount of panic Rita had actually experienced that night.
"I initially thought it had to be a projection of some kind, too. But if that was all it was, it doesn't explain how our own shadows appeared to disappear or become detached from our bodies..." Even Kida had noticed that hole in Rita's theory, frustratingly enough. "An alternative is that there was a much larger-scale illusion, extending beyond the fake shadows and somehow concealing the real shadows."
She gave a long, slow sigh, her shoulders sagging somewhat as she did. "... But I already know how impractical and unlikely that sounds." It still didn't sound as ridiculous as the idea of shadows suddenly getting up and talking by themselves, however. Unlikely theories were still infinitely better than impossible ones.
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Rita understood that she was expected to contribute some of her observations as well, though, so she began with what seemed the most relevant. "When I tried to attack the shadow that I encountered, my weapon passed right through it, and it gave no reaction. It didn't make any attempt to touch me," she described in a clinical manner that made no hint to the amount of panic Rita had actually experienced that night.
"I initially thought it had to be a projection of some kind, too. But if that was all it was, it doesn't explain how our own shadows appeared to disappear or become detached from our bodies..." Even Kida had noticed that hole in Rita's theory, frustratingly enough. "An alternative is that there was a much larger-scale illusion, extending beyond the fake shadows and somehow concealing the real shadows."
She gave a long, slow sigh, her shoulders sagging somewhat as she did. "... But I already know how impractical and unlikely that sounds." It still didn't sound as ridiculous as the idea of shadows suddenly getting up and talking by themselves, however. Unlikely theories were still infinitely better than impossible ones.