Exactly, so it turns into a cycle where maybe neither of you had planned on killing but since there is no way to be absolutely sure, someone still ends up dead.
And you can't really fault that line of thinking, because there's a chance the other person does genuinely want you dead.
... Probably. But there's more of a chance of someone outlasting the night if they have that mentality. Lavi and Mikiri, and Uriel and Zagreus sought each other out and stayed together.
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And you can't really fault that line of thinking, because there's a chance the other person does genuinely want you dead.
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Maybe people should lock themselves in a room and not go looking for each other. Might help them hold off until the morning.
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Although I wonder if then something convoluted would happen to get around that...
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Even for those who aren't human, isn't that the norm? To want to reach out to another during the darkest of times?
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It does make it more unpredictable though. Do you stick with someone and hope you both make it through together, or do you run on edge for 12 hours.
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I guess there's no point in hypotheticals for this, since we won't ever know what to expect.
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