[he tries not to lean into Akechi too much, recognizing that he's not much better off than he is, but -- but at the same time, he's so damn tired, and the physical contact is nice. it's been since just after Melinoë disappeared, just after Ren confronted him about trying to build a bomb in his anger, that anyone's bothered to touch him]
[either way, after a beat and wryly, he admits:] If it makes you feel any better, I don't exactly remember coming up here. [he remembers why he wanted to, the cold, the phone, but the logistics are a little fuzzy. next time, he probably won't bother coming all the way up here, because yes, form and function and all that, but he's just the wrong side of feverish, at the moment, to be entirely rational]
[and speaking of] You're here, though. [he could talk to Akechi. he has a few things he wants to say to him, actually]
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[either way, after a beat and wryly, he admits:] If it makes you feel any better, I don't exactly remember coming up here. [he remembers why he wanted to, the cold, the phone, but the logistics are a little fuzzy. next time, he probably won't bother coming all the way up here, because yes, form and function and all that, but he's just the wrong side of feverish, at the moment, to be entirely rational]
[and speaking of] You're here, though. [he could talk to Akechi. he has a few things he wants to say to him, actually]