The agency was able to get out of that mess on their own, no? Besides, I had someone else taking all of my attention at the time.
[Dazai stays in place at the meantime, the sun to Nikolai's satellite object. But those dark eyes follow every slight of his movement, like a black that absorbs every color of the world.]
That's Atsushi-kun, alright. But you must have noticed by now that it's not the Atsushi-kun you have encountered in the past.
[Even Dazai's poker face has its flaws under the eyes of someone smart enough to see it. To encounter a different version of his protegee lay outside of his expectations.]
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[Dazai stays in place at the meantime, the sun to Nikolai's satellite object. But those dark eyes follow every slight of his movement, like a black that absorbs every color of the world.]
That's Atsushi-kun, alright. But you must have noticed by now that it's not the Atsushi-kun you have encountered in the past.
[Even Dazai's poker face has its flaws under the eyes of someone smart enough to see it. To encounter a different version of his protegee lay outside of his expectations.]