[He looks away from her and shakes his head.] It's not even supposed to happen for another fourteen years, for me. It might not happen, or it might. If I know about it, I might be able to change something.
... But whatever it ends up being, it is going happen. It has to--or else a murderer, whoever it is, is going to walk off free. Even if it ends up being Manfred von Karma, or Yanni Yogi, or even me--whether it will affect Franziska's life or not, in the end, somebody has to take that responsibility. If it does end up being Manfred von Karma, though, it won't be just her father that'll be destroyed.
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[He looks away from her and shakes his head.] It's not even supposed to happen for another fourteen years, for me. It might not happen, or it might. If I know about it, I might be able to change something.
... But whatever it ends up being, it is going happen. It has to--or else a murderer, whoever it is, is going to walk off free. Even if it ends up being Manfred von Karma, or Yanni Yogi, or even me--whether it will affect Franziska's life or not, in the end, somebody has to take that responsibility. If it does end up being Manfred von Karma, though, it won't be just her father that'll be destroyed.