The truth... [could it really be possible that everything Seimei had told him was a lie? that Ritsuka was just another person to be cast off when he had served his purpose? Ritsuka hugs himself, searching over Soubi's words for some hint that he's lying and finding nothing. what reason would he have for lying? Soubi's lies had always been to protect Ritsuka--
protect
if he is not lying now, he was lying before, all those times he said he knew nothing of what happened to Seimei, or anything about Seven Moons, or why Seimei had been killed. if Soubi is telling the truth about Seimei now... if Seimei had broken every promise he had made to Ritsuka, then the most important one--
I will always be here to protect you, Ritsuka.
Seimei couldn't have known he was going to die. so if he had lied when he said that--
Ritsuka stumbles back against the wall, his entire body shaking and his voice a horrified whisper.]