A couple hours later, everyone settles. Everything's cleaned up now.

"Everyone." They're all in a trance, having been covered by blood, sweat, and in Saito and Oda's case, tears. "Because I don't want a repeat of that whole ordeal, I want you all to tell me, in detail, how you got your injury. It could be something else, even. We can't keep secrets. If you have to get something out, do it now. There won't be a chance later."

"Ah, I guess I'll start, then." It's Tatsuha. "My chin. It was after the Tragedy, yes, only a couple days. I went to college, I was going to be an electrician. Well, that went as planned." He laughs awkwardly. "I had to work on a construction site for money, you see. I was quite poor, I never had anything, really. There was a terrorist attack. It was my boss. He grabbed me, the closest one to him. He held me as a hostage, holding a knife to my throat. By my luck, a metal beam fell on him. It killed him, but the force of the beam sliced my chin off. Look who lived, though. It was very painful. I still have this bandage around my head because of it. I'm scared to take it off."

The Nurse goes and takes it off. Scabed all over, like scales on a reptile. It's flat there.

"You'll be fine."

Tatsuha looks really embarrassed.

"When you're all looking at me like that, it's scary."

"I'll go next, then." It's Suika this time. "I was bullied a lot as a kid because I was really shy. So I acted tough despite being, well, tiny. I became the mask so to speak. I was really confident and people at school would still mock me, but at least it was behind my back. I met my only friend, Cynthia. She was from Australia, but she was really nice and would cheer me up. She was moving back there so we decided to go to the plaza nearby. All I remember is bullets flying around. I just hope she's okay."

"I'm sure she is, Suika! We may find her! Ah, I remember them closing off the airports. She may still be around!"

"But then she never saw her family again."

"…I'm sorry."

It was silent for a second until Oda started talking.

"How I went blind? I should start a bit before that. My parents always wanted me to succeed at everything. They weren't tiger parents or anything, they just encouraged me. I got the best grades and scores because I studied a bunch. I ended up putting a lot of stress on myself and needed something to cool me off. I really wanted to become a Kuzuryu Yakuza, but I chickened out and joined a biker gang. The Crazy Diamonds. Just like that anime…Jojo? Riding on my bike was a perfect way to let off steam. I would do horrible things, mostly vandalism. I never directly hurt anyone. After our Big Boss died, our new Boss, his brother, was really supportive of us. Well, until he was accepted into Hope's Peak. At first, things weren't too bad, but then he stopped coming once the Tragedy really kicked off. Oowada murdered someone. We all watched. After his execution, my friend took me outside. He took the gasoline tank out of his bike and splashed it on us. I asked him what he was doing. He said that he's going to see Oowada. He lit himself on fire. That was the last thing I ever saw. A lot of the gasoline got into my eyes, but by the time I got to the hospital, all they could treat was my burns. And well, that's how I'm blind. I'm amazing that I didn't burn to death."

It's my turn.

"I don't know much about myself. But I can tell you what I do know, or at least what I've figured out. I went to high-school with Chikao and a woman named Yumika. I'm not sure where or what happened, but all three of us were enveloped by Despair and became commanders of sorts. Well, at least Yumika and I did. I was a horrible person. When I first met Chikao, he called me 'Fucker'."

"Eh?"

"He wasn't trying to be mean. I think I must have made some kind of sick joke and it stuck. I was a horrible person, though. I'd laugh at Chikao and told him to go kill himself. And I stabbed Kin. I don't remember any of it, but it's still something I did and something I'm capable of doing."

"What about you, Nurse?"

"I thought you all knew. I don't have any injury. I'm a nurse. I don't really remember anything."

"Oh come on, there has to be something, Nurse. Something you're embarrassed to tell."

She gives me a long look.

"I did experiments on my patients. Mikan did, too. It was quite common after the Tragedy. I didn't mean any ill. Anything I did was on people who were already going to die or things that wouldn't change anything. It's just…"

"What, Nurse?"

"…You have a question about how the human mind works and well…You can't quite figure it out without some testing." She squeaks. "I feel horrible about it! I really do! I just wanted to help humanity! Find cures to things!"

"It's okay, Ms. Saito. There's always a cost to a gain."

"…Sachiko."

"Sachiko?"

"That's my name. 'Nurse' is fine, but 'Ms. Saito' is too formal at this point."

"You all can call me 'Daisuke', too if you'd like."

"That'd be a great help."

"Actually, the 'suke' part uses a different kanji."

"Tatsuha, I don't think now is a good time for puns."

"Sorry…"

Sachiko and Daisuke look at Tatsuha and Suika.

"Hm? Suika's my first name. Suika Tekuza."

"Same."

"So we've been calling them by their first names all this time? I feel ashamed as a professional."

The stilted laughter echoes throughout the death-ridden house, and Kin and Murata are nowhere to be seen.