[He continues to regard her uneasily. Is she good friends with Kirma-kun? He didn't expect that reaction. But then, he sort of gets it; Kirma was nice to him on the rare occasions they spoke.]

That's all I have to say there, really. I don't know what the motive was. I thought his boyfriend might have been the culprit, since whoever he's dating seems to have a nasty violent streak. I was told they're happily in love, though.

[And then he plows ahead and says:]

The "good" news is your hunch was right. You thought the cost of revival must not be free, and apparently it's not. The House lowers your rank, and you get cursed if you die here. I don't know if that's what's happening to Kirma-kun, though, since I heard that from someone I don't think is involved with him at all.