Togusa

Anger and frustration she can take. When he scrubs his hand over his face, she braces for the earful and it doesn't come. Instead he moves to comfort her and even as she feels the alcohol burn as it slides, she can't help but bristle at how carefully he's handling her.

For the umpteenth time, he's pulling teeth. He should be furious.

"I think I spoke with him," Her tone is uncharacteristically quiet, before she breathes and shakes her head. "I mean the Major did."

She recalled the conversation, quotations back and forth talking a dumb kid that happened to do something that nearly ruined her and Togusa both.

"Reminded me of Barnes a little. Real caught up in the way things should have been and did something stupid because of it."

With that her brows furrowed. Cyberbrain Sclerosis, the Stand Alone Complex, The Laughing Man - it was like she skipped to the end of the book and didn't know the questions that The Laughing Man was answering. And Togusa was barely hanging on with the pieces he'd gathered.

"You mentioned the Stand Alone Complex before. What does that have to do with this?"