[ Maruki ducks his head and grins as he shakes it, hair flopping this way and that. ]
You're too good to me...
[ He was a nobody, for better and for worse. He knows now that that was very likely the only thing keeping him alive. ]
Regardless of my status in our true reality, my point is that Kurusu and Akechi were rivals. I'm still working on figuring out exactly that entailed, but I can say with certainty that despite that, they're both important to one another. They aren't at each other's throats. It's...
[ He squints up at the trees, huffs a slight laugh. ]
Pretty amusing, actually. He reverts back to that kindly persona around Kurusu and will do anything to maintain it. I'm sure that will boil over at some point, as he's wont to do, but to your earlier point, friction doesn't seem to be an immediate issue. They seem to get along.
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Date: 2024-12-02 03:33 pm (UTC)You're too good to me...
[ He was a nobody, for better and for worse. He knows now that that was very likely the only thing keeping him alive. ]
Regardless of my status in our true reality, my point is that Kurusu and Akechi were rivals. I'm still working on figuring out exactly that entailed, but I can say with certainty that despite that, they're both important to one another. They aren't at each other's throats. It's...
[ He squints up at the trees, huffs a slight laugh. ]
Pretty amusing, actually. He reverts back to that kindly persona around Kurusu and will do anything to maintain it. I'm sure that will boil over at some point, as he's wont to do, but to your earlier point, friction doesn't seem to be an immediate issue. They seem to get along.