[Something flickers in Natsuno's eyes when Jade accuses him of rehearsing an explanation. Shoulders stiffen, face momentarily scrunch up in pain and even anger before he can get it under control.

Whatever he was going to say - defensively, defiantly - Natsuno forces it back down. Jade was the one who found what was left of him. Every cruel, sardonic barb is justified and deserved.

Another moment to calm himself, shove any emotion under the ice. Jade won't hear anything but quiet truth.]

Jinx was mad I "won" the battle royale and she didn't. She's been harassing me ever since. Sometimes it was pranks and sometimes death threats. I was sick of being treated like some toy she can rattle when she's bored, never knowing what'll make her snap.

[I've got rat poison with your name on it, Squeakers. You have a little girl to admit I don't shoot your eyeballs like. We can be buddies until I try to kill you.]

She said she'd leave me alone if she got her "revenge," and I figured blacking out for a few hours is better than months of her crap.

She gave me the bomb and waited outside. The rest, you figured out.