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[ceiling_cat]

Been nice an' quiet lately! I've gotta say, though, it's nice ta get an easy week ta round out the year. Even spotted a couple familiar treats myself! And I've still got a bit a mochi left if anybody wants it. Ask quick, I'm gonna eat it myself if you don't. [He grins.] Shame natto's not a New Year's food, ya know? I've been missin' it.

Wonder if our next one's gonna be tough ta make up for it? Well... they do say oni laugh when ya start talkin' about the future. Better not tempt any that might be hangin' around.

Instead a that, how about ya tell me what you're plannin' for the new year?

Sounds like we have some interestin' things goin' on.

[filtered to Joshua]

Let's see if we can get some information on those scientists; I'd like to talk to them myself if it turns out that's an option, hm?

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[leggierissimo]

[Oh, way to steer towards an uncomfortable topic there, Sanae.]

Whatever do you mean?

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[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

[You're making quite a face, Josh.]

Nothin' in particular, just noticed the two of ya seem ta be gettin' along pretty well.

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[leggierissimo]

[Getting along well. Yeah. Okay.]

Is that what it looks like?

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[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

How would you put it, J.?

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[leggierissimo]

He's been prodding where he shouldn't be.

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[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

That why he's lookin' so mopey, huh?

Ya know, Josh, you shouldn't bite the kid's head off. Sure he's pushy, but he means well.

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[leggierissimo]

I never bit his head off.

[Also refusing to acknowledge the other part of that sentence.]

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[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

[Always so stubborn.]

Ya didn't, huh?

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[leggierissimo]

Not once.

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[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

Color me curious. What happened?

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[leggierissimo]

Minamimoto spilled a bit too much information. Sora-kun came looking for answers and wasn't satisfied with the answer I gave, so I told him the truth.

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[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

[Combined with the faces you were making at him a minute ago --]

Tried ta scare him off, huh?

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[leggierissimo]

[You mean like this one?]

Sometimes it's a little annoying, how well you know me.

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[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

[A little more colon-angle bracket, but otherwise: yes. Just like that. The corner of his mouth twitches up, not without sympathy.]

So, tell me, J. Did it work?

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[leggierissimo]

Of course not.

[And now that he's not in the midst of the same gripping uncertainty he'd experienced at the time, he has the presence of mind to sound a bit annoyed.]

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[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

Glad ta hear it!

[Completely unrepentant.] He's a good kid.

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[leggierissimo]

He is. He's also curious and incredibly, annoyingly persistent.

[You're trying to tell him something, so you may as well spit it out.]

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[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

Ya know, there's nothin' wrong with making friends, Josh. Sure seems like he's tryin' pretty hard to be yours.

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[leggierissimo]

[... and finally, a sigh.]

I can't for the life of me figure out why.

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[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

Well, if I had ta take a stab at it? I'd probably say he just likes you.

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[leggierissimo]

He's too optimistic for his own good. He took everything negative that I threw at him and turned it positive.

['It's going to get him in trouble some day,' is what he nearly adds on to that, but he lets the thought die.]

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[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

Kid's got quite the talent for that. But, ya know? A bit a optimism can be nice ta have around.

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[leggierissimo]

How did I know you would side with him?

[He rubs his temple for a moment.]

I take it he's talked to you, then.

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[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

Well, J., you have ta admit your side isn't all that appealing.

[Since it seems to boil down to "he should think that I'm a bad person and stop trying to be my friend."]

He didn't tell me anythin' you didn't. [A shrug.]

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[leggierissimo]

Thank you so much for your support.

... I suppose worse people could want to be friends. [It was more the way that Sora had gone about it than anything.]