Indicate and Reason

Indicate

Indicate verb - To serve as a sign or symptom of.

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Reason and indicate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reason" instead a verb "Indicate".

Reason verb - To form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information.

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Indicate and reason are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Indicate" instead a verb "Reason".

character	indicate character	reason character
power	indicate power	reason power
people	indicate people	reason people
kind	indicate kind	reason kind
Other words: position, name, time, use, way, influence.

Though the main reason this happens is to indicate you finished up "cleansing" this area of monsters...

Source: Background Music Override
However, later chapters indicate that Shuuto's reason for being overprotective of Mashiro and hostile towards Ai is because Shuuto has feelings for Mashiro.

Source: Manga / Shiro no Eden
Although additional dialogues indicate that another reason for teaming up is mainly your actions against them if you completed the said storylines.

Source: Video Game / Guild Wars

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