The tone cuts straight through into Togusa, and it sets the stage in a different way than he truly wanted it to be. There is no hiding from this, no flinching from what has to come. He's not the one that needs comfort here.
"I'm seeing things." He can start out as blunt about the core of the problem as she is.
"Whatever is going wrong, recently. Whether it's Vanderweele actively reaching out to mess with us. Or something has gotten out of balance without Retrospec's hands at the wheel? It's gotten to me, next."
"Doesn't make me special. It's happening to all of us." Instantly cuts down on his earlier temptation to the pity party that he fell into with Tatsuo. He will cut himself off at the knees on that front. "But it's brought a memory up. Something I haven't talked to you about."
"I kept telling myself I didn't want to turn you into some cipher, as if you had any more answers than I did. But I went too far the other way. And not saying anything at all isn't going to protect either of us."
A pause. "Not that you need protecting, but damn if I didn't want to try for once in our lives."
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Re: 2/10 - Action [Togusa's Office]
Date: 2019-02-21 08:00 pm (UTC)"I'm seeing things." He can start out as blunt about the core of the problem as she is.
"Whatever is going wrong, recently. Whether it's Vanderweele actively reaching out to mess with us. Or something has gotten out of balance without Retrospec's hands at the wheel? It's gotten to me, next."
"Doesn't make me special. It's happening to all of us." Instantly cuts down on his earlier temptation to the pity party that he fell into with Tatsuo. He will cut himself off at the knees on that front. "But it's brought a memory up. Something I haven't talked to you about."
"I kept telling myself I didn't want to turn you into some cipher, as if you had any more answers than I did. But I went too far the other way. And not saying anything at all isn't going to protect either of us."
A pause. "Not that you need protecting, but damn if I didn't want to try for once in our lives."