[Mikey's announcement is inelegant, but not unexpectedly so. Yu exhales softly, manages to keep his expression impartial through the declaration, through Yosuke's steady march toward the door-- It's only when his partner shoves him aside that the crease in his brow shows at all, concern laced with concentration as his eyes flick between the two of them.
Why?
What a question.]
Because something strange is going on, and I want to make sure you both stay safe.
[It's not a lie so much as a selective truth, but it's still hard to meet Yosuke's eyes when he offers up the explanation. He steels himself for this next part, finally meeting his partner's gaze for the follow-up.]
How are you feeling, Yosuke?
[There's something pointed in the way he asks that, as if he has an idea of what the answer will be already. It's alarmingly similar to their confrontation with Adachi, to the moment they realized they had the man cornered in his own deception, seconds before he dropped his affable facade.]
no subject
Why?
What a question.]
Because something strange is going on, and I want to make sure you both stay safe.
[It's not a lie so much as a selective truth, but it's still hard to meet Yosuke's eyes when he offers up the explanation. He steels himself for this next part, finally meeting his partner's gaze for the follow-up.]
How are you feeling, Yosuke?
[There's something pointed in the way he asks that, as if he has an idea of what the answer will be already. It's alarmingly similar to their confrontation with Adachi, to the moment they realized they had the man cornered in his own deception, seconds before he dropped his affable facade.]