บท 178: There is always a beneficiary

"I still can't understand one thing," Kira muttered a long while after the two of them dropped the topic of the war. 

Whether it was the complete silence that hung between her and Tom, simple curiosity, or complete lack of other topics that she could use to talk, Tom didn't know. 

However, he could tell that talking to him was nothing more than Kira's attempts at improving her situation later on. 

After all, just like it was hard to hate someone who one knew as a sympathetic guy or gal, she was likely aiming to have her punishment eased once she would be more than just a nameless enemy. 

"What is it?" Tom asked after releasing a deep sigh.