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Okay so.
First I should mention the obvious Joe dog motifs. The dog keychain in his design, him directly saying heās like a dog in the end of 2-2 emotion route. Heās loyal to Sara and continues to follow her even after his death.
But Joe dog motifs and his parallels to Keiji could be its own post⦠and Keiji Shinogi is also extremely dog coded. The explicit references to it like āMr Policemanās not a dogā or a joke Sara makes about giving him treats in one of their token negotiations⦠and this can mean two things. Itās his standing behind Sara as an ally and taking her side. He often waits for her word to do things, and spends the game propping her up as a leader. In the scene where they see Hayasakas victim video, as shitty as him doing so is, him asking Sara if he can put his life in her hands is a way of expressing his support is uncoditional. But we also know that heās not exactly perfectly loyal like Joe is. Lest we forget the entire second main game. He has lied, and kept things from her, and he even left her for dead with the sacrifice.
But a dog can also represent something else⦠a police dog. After all, Keiji is former police. He was trained to shoot first ask questions later, something that resulted in the death of his idol, and grew up his whole life being preparing himself to be put in this system thatās full of corruption. And as much as he distances himself from that now, he very much still contains the traits of a cop.
While Joe represents the more sort of normal playful dog idea of manās best friend, Keiji represents a guard dog. Heās there behind Sara as her most powerful ally, her closest confidant and the one who made her the leader, and also as the policeman, whoās willing to lie or look the other way out of convenience.
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AU where Kai sees Joe and Sara and /knows/ Joe is going to be sacrifice. Knows that it's not up to chance. Knows Sei was his sacrifice as much as Joe is Sara's.
So he plays the game, as he always does. But he doesn't follow their rules. He switches his and Joe's cards, becomes the sacrifice. And Miley KNOWS but she can't say anything because she has to keep the illusion of choice, that the players are in control. So Kai kills himself, again. But this time it's silent and no one is more the wiser, and Sara gets to keep Joe for a little longer. And maybe that will be enough. Kai hopes it will be enough.