But you're not so wicked now, are you? You have been fair this entire time, after all.

[Nikolai has yet to lie, for one. Devious he might be, but so far the games he has played against Dazai have all been extremely fair.

Dazai would admit - he is not too fond of the upper hand Nikolai has over him. It seemed like a natural existence for the man to be hard to interpret by others. Now here he is, with a blind spot he did not expect having.

It's alright. He doesn't need to be reliant on Nikolai when it comes to information gathering - it's why all of his questions were specifically about the clown, after all.]

Now now, Gogol. You've already offered - of course I'd like to hear what you have to say.