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shinjiro aragaki ([personal profile] prophylactic) wrote in [community profile] expiationlogs 2023-06-26 03:24 pm (UTC)

[God, finally. Shinji doesn't skitter madly for the exit like Akechi does, but he's not planning on lingering here in this tent either. He gets out of his tangle of sleeping bag like a normal person, runs a hand through his hair once to keep it out of his face, and makes for the exit. There's still no point in stopping and making this into a whole thing, so he's... content... to leave the tent in silence and let everyone else continue enjoying a peaceful slumber.

Lives: saved. He half-listens to Akechi's rambling about whatever that was, not particularly interested, except—

Huh. Shinji pauses out in the grass, pleasantly fresh with morning dew despite the nuclear crisis going on right here in Akechi's world. He looks at him, considering.]


So you do know how to be a real person under all your bullshit.

[Is this... a compliment?? Is it anything? It's Shinji realizing that Akechi's barely-composed panic mode is the first genuine thing he's seen from him, which is noteworthy if nothing else.

But maybe there's a thin slice of approval in it, somehow, because as he continues on his way, he says over his shoulder,]
If you want something to eat, c'mon.

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