[The thing about Lavi, and all his masks, is that while he cannot always interpret what's behind them, he can infer the slight differences in them. Like now, when he falls back into the analytical scholar - not quite the bookman, but someone confident in their assessment based on a refined understanding of his topic.
And that shift, the edge of distraction that he'd tried to hide?
Those looks he's seen before, been subjected to before. They're the ones slowly taking over his dreams, taking an edge off the worst of some of his nightmares.
Those looks are the ones that, more than anything else, give proof that what fever has temporarily wiped from his partner's memory, hasn't been banished entirely.
I warned you, didn't I? I won't lose, not this time.
Stepping closer, to look around Lavi's shoulder at the scrolls in question (after having only caught the last of what his partner had been saying to begin with) he spares the merchant a sharp glade before reaching around his partner to pick one up, turn it over in his hand before tapping it lightly against Lavi's chest.]
...So did you actually want one or not?
[Because, ultimately, Kanda could give less than a damn about the lost patrons, or an annoyed vendor. Instead, he's curious to see if the content is worth it, despite the lack of originality.]
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And that shift, the edge of distraction that he'd tried to hide?
Those looks he's seen before, been subjected to before. They're the ones slowly taking over his dreams, taking an edge off the worst of some of his nightmares.
Those looks are the ones that, more than anything else, give proof that what fever has temporarily wiped from his partner's memory, hasn't been banished entirely.
I warned you, didn't I? I won't lose, not this time.
Stepping closer, to look around Lavi's shoulder at the scrolls in question (after having only caught the last of what his partner had been saying to begin with) he spares the merchant a sharp glade before reaching around his partner to pick one up, turn it over in his hand before tapping it lightly against Lavi's chest.]
...So did you actually want one or not?
[Because, ultimately, Kanda could give less than a damn about the lost patrons, or an annoyed vendor. Instead, he's curious to see if the content is worth it, despite the lack of originality.]