Anyone who didn't know the two of them would think the question was clarification, but Togusa knows better.
The answer is more affirmative than she would like it to be and after the last handful of arguments, he knows that the guilt just compounded. Mariko is good at the theoretical and broad strokes. The world is the way it is; it sucks, it's beautiful. That other world is what it is. However every memory forces her to look to lifetimes of memory with clarity.
It feels like drowning.
She slides her eyes from the logo to his face while he's pouring the liquor, happy to avoid anything expectant in his expression. He can tell that she hasn't looked back him yet, unable to keep the shake out of her fingers as she reaches for the glass.
He says he needs an answer - for any of it- and the half-truth turns to ash in her mouth.
No, she takes the drink and stares at the floor between them. This space between the chairs might as well be a canyon. Maybe the sake will make the truth easier.
Re: 2/10 - Action [Togusa's Office]
Anyone who didn't know the two of them would think the question was clarification, but Togusa knows better.
The answer is more affirmative than she would like it to be and after the last handful of arguments, he knows that the guilt just compounded. Mariko is good at the theoretical and broad strokes. The world is the way it is; it sucks, it's beautiful. That other world is what it is. However every memory forces her to look to lifetimes of memory with clarity.
It feels like drowning.
She slides her eyes from the logo to his face while he's pouring the liquor, happy to avoid anything expectant in his expression. He can tell that she hasn't looked back him yet, unable to keep the shake out of her fingers as she reaches for the glass.
He says he needs an answer - for any of it- and the half-truth turns to ash in her mouth.
No, she takes the drink and stares at the floor between them. This space between the chairs might as well be a canyon. Maybe the sake will make the truth easier.