[I've been keeping an eye out for a coffee shop, was the natural path Hideyoshi wanted to take. too bad the climate's not right. and, the sun leaving can't have helped. with, though it makes me wonder how they've got any food growing at all!]
[nothing close to an hour before the reply, but the radio silence speaks as loudly as any give me a moment might have. as it doesn't pass an hour, Hideyoshi doesn't send a consolation or never mind, it's fine-- Kaneki would read through that before the blond could blink. it would've only made matters worse. but when worse was based in silence and a willfully turned blind eye, was it worth bringing up?]
[he couldn't even pretend to ponder that question. the decision he'd made had its roots in resolve and determination; yes, yes, the changes were fully worth prying into. off-hand hints, gentle steering and keeping casual had gotten them into this mess in the first place.]
[(not 'this mess' as in Kaneki's change of taste toward humans - rather, 'this mess' as in the silences, the fears, the hesitations.)]
[he trusted Kaneki to do what he thought was necessary.]
[he didn't trust what Kaneki thought was necessary for a second.]
[eventually an answer did come, and - the blond smiled, mild triumph rushing through him, tempered immediately with the follow-up curiousity of what Kaneki thought was fine (full was asking too much; but not all ghouls had the sunken look Kaneki's face did) - it didn't involve directly telling Hideyoshi to buzz off, so he'd take that as a good sign. less good: formality at full blast, words stilted and closed, the overall emotional impression that of a prickly, antsy creature driven into a corner. which -- the corner part, anyway - wasn't entirely incorrect from Hideyoshi's intentions.]
[it was for their own good. Kaneki had to trust him. all of him. his motivation, his loyalty, his tenacity as a friend and as a human.]
[for now ... the discussion on what to discuss about ghouls seemed too tentative to be resolved, but he wasn't sure how much farther either of them could go this close to the beginning.]
that's good to hear. [genuine, whether or not Kaneki believed him. twenty seconds (counted by the tap of his foot) after, borderline nonchalant,] i have to wonder how many units like ours are in their employment. who do they work for? it's hap-hazard enough to be bureaucratic, but maybe that's a line of thinking too limited to earth's experience.
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[nothing close to an hour before the reply, but the radio silence speaks as loudly as any give me a moment might have. as it doesn't pass an hour, Hideyoshi doesn't send a consolation or never mind, it's fine-- Kaneki would read through that before the blond could blink. it would've only made matters worse. but when worse was based in silence and a willfully turned blind eye, was it worth bringing up?]
[he couldn't even pretend to ponder that question. the decision he'd made had its roots in resolve and determination; yes, yes, the changes were fully worth prying into. off-hand hints, gentle steering and keeping casual had gotten them into this mess in the first place.]
[(not 'this mess' as in Kaneki's change of taste toward humans - rather, 'this mess' as in the silences, the fears, the hesitations.)]
[he trusted Kaneki to do what he thought was necessary.]
[he didn't trust what Kaneki thought was necessary for a second.]
[eventually an answer did come, and - the blond smiled, mild triumph rushing through him, tempered immediately with the follow-up curiousity of what Kaneki thought was fine (full was asking too much; but not all ghouls had the sunken look Kaneki's face did) - it didn't involve directly telling Hideyoshi to buzz off, so he'd take that as a good sign. less good: formality at full blast, words stilted and closed, the overall emotional impression that of a prickly, antsy creature driven into a corner. which -- the corner part, anyway - wasn't entirely incorrect from Hideyoshi's intentions.]
[it was for their own good. Kaneki had to trust him. all of him. his motivation, his loyalty, his tenacity as a friend and as a human.]
[for now ... the discussion on what to discuss about ghouls seemed too tentative to be resolved, but he wasn't sure how much farther either of them could go this close to the beginning.]
that's good to hear. [genuine, whether or not Kaneki believed him. twenty seconds (counted by the tap of his foot) after, borderline nonchalant,] i have to wonder how many units like ours are in their employment. who do they work for? it's hap-hazard enough to be bureaucratic, but maybe that's a line of thinking too limited to earth's experience.