[ the look he gives them also kind of goes "okay???" because like "infected by what, rage?" but he does not ask. that's not important at this very moment. ]

Exactly. It'd be nice to believe we can take everyone at face value, but when the game's already been framed as a competition...that's harder.

[ he is immediately dropping the topic of being awkward because he knows, he just does not want to admit it at the moment, and because. uh. well. they are talking about looping in terms of repeating stuff and without even realizing it there's suddenly a concerned frown. the thing about it is, it's not a confused frown. it's a frown that says he understands exactly what they're suggesting and he does not like it. ]

Yeah. Maybe not even the same day, but...same events? There's a reason deja vu exists, isn't there? Because of that possibility.