[ Offering his own nod of thanks, he follows after Kanda dutifully, though the way he's eyeing those glasses of hokk make it questionable just what he's intent to follow. His arm hurts like a bitch, in terms his partner might use, and he's as likely to use that drink to numb the pain as he is to disinfect it again.
Still, he takes his drink in more measured sips, ever the paranoid one, watching the room until a cool water gaze catches his own.
Ah.
Lavi hums lightly, taking another sip. ]
She's 'in the black', hm?
[ It's an old turn of phrase, not one he expects Yu to know, though he might, but the poignancy of it amuses him nonetheless. The timing of it all starts to make sense now, though why Kanda had gone out of his way to potentially help some girl and jeopardize his standing with the RAC was still something of a mystery to his partner.
I guess that's the difference in us. You're not as ruthless as you act.
And Lavi, on the other hand, is twice as ruthless as anyone he's met. He has to be.
But that trait, mystifying as it may be, is something endearing to him, so he doesn't begrudge Kanda for it, but rather chuckles to himself, chin propped on his good hand. ]
I'm guessing you want to intervene in history again, don't you?
[ It's Yu's turn to read between the lines. Letting someone innocent get hurt never brings Lavi pleasure, but to step between the tides of war for the sake of one side over the other? That's a violation of a sorts. Not merely as a killjoy, but as a bookman.
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Still, he takes his drink in more measured sips, ever the paranoid one, watching the room until a cool water gaze catches his own.
Ah.
Lavi hums lightly, taking another sip. ]
She's 'in the black', hm?
[ It's an old turn of phrase, not one he expects Yu to know, though he might, but the poignancy of it amuses him nonetheless. The timing of it all starts to make sense now, though why Kanda had gone out of his way to potentially help some girl and jeopardize his standing with the RAC was still something of a mystery to his partner.
I guess that's the difference in us. You're not as ruthless as you act.
And Lavi, on the other hand, is twice as ruthless as anyone he's met. He has to be.
But that trait, mystifying as it may be, is something endearing to him, so he doesn't begrudge Kanda for it, but rather chuckles to himself, chin propped on his good hand. ]
I'm guessing you want to intervene in history again, don't you?
[ It's Yu's turn to read between the lines. Letting someone innocent get hurt never brings Lavi pleasure, but to step between the tides of war for the sake of one side over the other? That's a violation of a sorts. Not merely as a killjoy, but as a bookman.
As an afterthought and acquiescence: ]
...She better be cute.