[He huffs a quiet laugh through his nose and shakes his head. Morgana, the cat of many talents. He decides he doesn't want to think about the logistics of how cat paws can craft infiltration tools and bombs, and simply accept it as fact. The cat can turn into a bus. Why can't he make tools as well?
But where Ren feels free here, Akechi can only feel trapped with Maruki's deadline hanging over his head like Damocles' sword. He knows better than to think that the other boy might grow content here when there's still work to be done -- when the Phantom Thieves aren't here -- but it's still a constant worry in the back of his mind. That no matter what he does, he's living on borrowed time.
For now, he tries to push that aside, focusing on enjoying the curry.]
I was wondering how you'd picked the lock to my room. The flowers were yours, weren't they?
[As always, though, whenever he's in a peaceful situation, he can't help but toss in something to potentially destroy it. Sure, the flowers may have been a gift from before their time in the bathhouse together, but they certainly take on a new light in the wake of, well. What happened.]
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[He huffs a quiet laugh through his nose and shakes his head. Morgana, the cat of many talents. He decides he doesn't want to think about the logistics of how cat paws can craft infiltration tools and bombs, and simply accept it as fact. The cat can turn into a bus. Why can't he make tools as well?
But where Ren feels free here, Akechi can only feel trapped with Maruki's deadline hanging over his head like Damocles' sword. He knows better than to think that the other boy might grow content here when there's still work to be done -- when the Phantom Thieves aren't here -- but it's still a constant worry in the back of his mind. That no matter what he does, he's living on borrowed time.
For now, he tries to push that aside, focusing on enjoying the curry.]
I was wondering how you'd picked the lock to my room. The flowers were yours, weren't they?
[As always, though, whenever he's in a peaceful situation, he can't help but toss in something to potentially destroy it. Sure, the flowers may have been a gift from before their time in the bathhouse together, but they certainly take on a new light in the wake of, well. What happened.]