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[doublecrowss]

 "You've reached Akechi! You can leave a message, but please don't use any colorful language, okay?"

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[theshowsover]

...Sorry. It's hard for me to feel much right now, too.

[Well, at least he knows that this missed communication won't bother either of them too much, at least for as long as this lasts. It wouldn't be a comforting thought, normally, and isn't now, but it's also not as upsetting a thought as it should be.]

I'll say something more meaningful later.

[doublecrowss]

Will you? You hardly ever say anything.

[ Is he talking about how quiet Akira normally is? Maybe. Is this also about the secrets he keeps, the distance, and how he doesn't quite treat him like a member of the team, even though, for all intents and purposes, that's what they are? Very likely so.

But does Akechi actually care about it? Not at the moment, no. He's just going through the motions and making conversation-- and the problem with that is that he doesn't care to be pleasant, either. ]

[theshowsover]

[Akira actually pauses at that, reconsidering. Akechi thinks he hardly ever says anything? Well, that's true enough, in a literal sense - he prefers listening to talking himself. But is that all Akechi means by that?

Akira knows... he didn't treat Akechi quite like the rest. And that was because Akechi wasn't like the rest; more of an enemy or a rival, than a friend. But if he'd treated him more like a friend, maybe things would have turned out differently?

It's purely a hypothetical question, and not at all an emotional one at the moment, so he doesn't dwell on it.]

I'll do my best.

[doublecrowss]

[ Hah, yet another empty promise, with no real meaning, no real feeling; even as he is right now, Akechi can pick up on the clues.

He also picks up on how Akira says it's hard to feel anything right now, and he briefly wonders if his venture into the woods yielded similar results to Akechi's-- the loss of all emotion, that is. It's hard to tell, with someone who's already so hard to read on a regular basis. ]

If you wish. [ Because, really, whether he tries hard or not, it's all very inconsequential to Akechi right now. It doesn't change anything. ] But in that case, you might want to come back when it's not so hard for you to feel much. With the way you are right now, I can hardly believe it.

[theshowsover]

[Akira stares back at him for a long moment, trying to think of something to say, something that won't make this all worse.

But in the end, he can't really come up with anything. It's as Akechi says - right now, they're only spinning their wheels.

Finally, he nods, and steps back.]

Alright. We'll talk again, soon.

[And with that, he'll take his leave.]