Undoubtedly a curse, [Akechi agrees. He'd guess he and Ren are thinking about similar things, even if Ren doesn't fully know the importance of the passage of time right now.
He rotates his wrist, flicks his sword as if testing that it still slices through the air without bits of cloth trailing behind it.]
Not to mention places and items from home are reappearing as if in an attempt to mollify us. In a famous experiment, rats in a cage given an enriching environment were shown to live happier, healthier lives than their companions locked in solitary confinement with nothing to occupy themselves. So it could be that to whomever saw fit to bring us here, we are their experimental group in an enriched environment.
If it can bring in a person, why not a sword? Why not a gun?
[He flourishes the sword again as if that helps make his point.]
no subject
He rotates his wrist, flicks his sword as if testing that it still slices through the air without bits of cloth trailing behind it.]
Not to mention places and items from home are reappearing as if in an attempt to mollify us. In a famous experiment, rats in a cage given an enriching environment were shown to live happier, healthier lives than their companions locked in solitary confinement with nothing to occupy themselves. So it could be that to whomever saw fit to bring us here, we are their experimental group in an enriched environment.
If it can bring in a person, why not a sword? Why not a gun?
[He flourishes the sword again as if that helps make his point.]