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I can't understand how と is used in the bolded sentence below. Does と in that
sentence imply と言って ("Understand it please - said ボイスくん looking at me."), or
does it imply と言わんばかりに ("ボイスくん was looking at me as if saying 'understand
it'.")?

For reference, that last sentence is a narration, and not part of the
dialogue.

> ボイス「死体も何も、殺される瞬間、俺はその場にいた」
>
> ボイス「忘れやしない」
>
> ボイス「ーー絶対に」
>
> 思い出したくもない、と言わんばかりに表情を歪め、その感情を吐露する。
>
> 僕「・・・・・・殺されたのですか？」
>
> それは、また。ご愁傷様ですとでも言うべきなのだろうかーーと悩んでいると
>
> ボイス「ーー三年前の山賊たちがやらかした傷痕は、今の俺達の心を蝕んでいるんだ。それを治すことができるのは先生だけ」
>
> **察してくれよ、とボイスくんが僕を見る。**
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grammar particle-と
Can と imply と言わんばかりに?
> 「[察]{さっ}してくれよ、とボイスくんが[僕]{ぼく}を[見]{み}る。」
>
> Does と in that sentence imply と言って ("Understand it please - said ボイスくん
> looking at me.")?

No, it does not imply that. If ボイスくん had actually said 「察してくれよ」 out loud to 僕,
the author surely would have expressed that using a direct quote just like all
those direct quotes from the beginning.

Besides, the combination of 「察してくれよ (Please guess [how I am feeling].)」 and
「僕を見る (He looked at me)」 should tell us that there were no words being spoken
during that moment.

> or does it imply と言わんばかりに ("ボイスくん was looking at me as if saying 'understand
> it'.")?

Yes, it does. Other possibilities include 「とでも言いたげに」、「とでも言うように」, etc.

The reason that the author just used 「と」 could be the fact that s/he used
「と言わんばかりに」 only a few lines before.
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