[The ability to actually read Lavi is not something Kanda has mastered - hell for three years now, the smiling idiot was the only thing he'd known. It's only more recently that little flashes of what lies beneath have started to bleed through.
Enough, at the very least, to allow him the ability to recognize false cheer from the calculating mind that remains hidden behind the mask of frivolity.
Which means whatever is running through that damned idiot's head, now, is far beyond Kanda's ability to fathom - so he doesn't even try. Instead, he waits Lavi out, let's the man weigh Kanda's intent against the Bookman's assessment of the situation, and sips his hokk.
Waits, until he that quiet laugh, that fake sigh, and then he smirks before draining the last of his own drink. Setting it down, he pushes to his feet with a nod.
Figures Lavi parsed out exactly why they were here, instead of their usual haunt of the Royale.]
Third floor up.
[That said, he steps around the table and starts for the stairwell a few steps beyond, glances back at Lavi.]
She seems the fragile type. I'm not sure my usual methods will work too well with her.
[A.K.A. Step in if he looks like he's going to make the woman cry. He doesn't do tears.]
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Enough, at the very least, to allow him the ability to recognize false cheer from the calculating mind that remains hidden behind the mask of frivolity.
Which means whatever is running through that damned idiot's head, now, is far beyond Kanda's ability to fathom - so he doesn't even try. Instead, he waits Lavi out, let's the man weigh Kanda's intent against the Bookman's assessment of the situation, and sips his hokk.
Waits, until he that quiet laugh, that fake sigh, and then he smirks before draining the last of his own drink. Setting it down, he pushes to his feet with a nod.
Figures Lavi parsed out exactly why they were here, instead of their usual haunt of the Royale.]
Third floor up.
[That said, he steps around the table and starts for the stairwell a few steps beyond, glances back at Lavi.]
She seems the fragile type. I'm not sure my usual methods will work too well with her.
[A.K.A. Step in if he looks like he's going to make the woman cry. He doesn't do tears.]