[ Any other time, he'd tell you, Cinds. Because at any other time he'd know what it was he could tell, what it is exactly that's gone wrong, what he did, and what he figures he could do to fix it.
The brush-off on the first night, he chalked up to Jessie, to this whole operation. But the second time he'd checked in with Hikaru not been much better and he hasn't really seen the Blade King since -- not in the mornings, not even at dinner anymore, though he's heard that the guy's been around.
He thought they were good. Had thought whatever it was he'd said wrong was done, the air clear between them.
Guess he was wrong. ]
I don't know what it is just yet. [ It's not a lie, this is just his way of asking for time, because he needs to sort his shit out before he unloads on anyone.
He scrubs a hand over his face at that. ]
I just want to keep my head in the game for now.
[ Read: Yes, something's up. No, it's not just the operation. No, he's not up to talking about it just yet but yes, he will come to you when he figures it all out. He loves you, you're his sister, the girl he raised when there was no one else capable of doing the raising, and one of the people he trusts to call him out on his shit that doesn't involved sparring and getting soundly trounced in front of a number of onlookers. ]
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The brush-off on the first night, he chalked up to Jessie, to this whole operation. But the second time he'd checked in with Hikaru not been much better and he hasn't really seen the Blade King since -- not in the mornings, not even at dinner anymore, though he's heard that the guy's been around.
He thought they were good. Had thought whatever it was he'd said wrong was done, the air clear between them.
Guess he was wrong. ]
I don't know what it is just yet. [ It's not a lie, this is just his way of asking for time, because he needs to sort his shit out before he unloads on anyone.
He scrubs a hand over his face at that. ]
I just want to keep my head in the game for now.
[ Read: Yes, something's up. No, it's not just the operation. No, he's not up to talking about it just yet but yes, he will come to you when he figures it all out. He loves you, you're his sister, the girl he raised when there was no one else capable of doing the raising, and one of the people he trusts to call him out on his shit that doesn't involved sparring and getting soundly trounced in front of a number of onlookers. ]
I need to keep my head in the game.