[He finishes setting up and pours the boiling water slowly over the coffee grounds, letting it bloom like Ren had taught him. If pressed, he couldn't say exactly when he'd learned, or how long ago; it's fuzzy, frustratingly difficult to pin down. He clicks his tongue and continues,] It was like I'd never been here in the first place. What I don't know is what happened to my memories.
[If they were erased, or simply had never been present in his brain to begin with, considering that events here aren't part of what he would consider to be the normal timeline. There's even an argument to be made that perhaps he isn't even the same Akechi as the one who'd been here; maybe the one who'd been here is dead, and he's simply assumed that Akechi's memories, on top of what he's already experienced.]
When I was last here, it was January in Japan. According to my current knowledge, it's now March there. How much time has passed here? If you had to make a guess. Nothing too substantial, I hope.
[Considering that Blue still remembers him, surely it couldn't be that long.]
Perhaps that doesn't matter. The more important question is, has anything changed in my absence? Anything to hint as to how or why we're here?
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[He finishes setting up and pours the boiling water slowly over the coffee grounds, letting it bloom like Ren had taught him. If pressed, he couldn't say exactly when he'd learned, or how long ago; it's fuzzy, frustratingly difficult to pin down. He clicks his tongue and continues,] It was like I'd never been here in the first place. What I don't know is what happened to my memories.
[If they were erased, or simply had never been present in his brain to begin with, considering that events here aren't part of what he would consider to be the normal timeline. There's even an argument to be made that perhaps he isn't even the same Akechi as the one who'd been here; maybe the one who'd been here is dead, and he's simply assumed that Akechi's memories, on top of what he's already experienced.]
When I was last here, it was January in Japan. According to my current knowledge, it's now March there. How much time has passed here? If you had to make a guess. Nothing too substantial, I hope.
[Considering that Blue still remembers him, surely it couldn't be that long.]
Perhaps that doesn't matter. The more important question is, has anything changed in my absence? Anything to hint as to how or why we're here?