[He hears the comment, but at first it sounds like a complete non sequitur. He barely even parses it as words at first, because it's not what he expected to hear; he was expecting something like are the vines tightening their hold on you? or this is annoying or even get out of my face, Kuwata! For a moment, the mention of the tasks might as well be something like "do you like ketchup on your burgers"?
Then he catches up.
Right. The tasks. The garden had been on the list of tasks. The garden where you were supposed to go and—]
Hell no!
[That's such a fucking stupid thought and yet the second he figures out what Togami was getting at, he's sure that's exactly what's going on here. It's too convenient! Of course this is the kind of stupid-ass thing CERES would do to force people to play along!
His cheeks were hot before, but now they're burning. He can't even allow himself to think about the possibility. Nope. He's blocking it from his mind, actively.]
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[He hears the comment, but at first it sounds like a complete non sequitur. He barely even parses it as words at first, because it's not what he expected to hear; he was expecting something like are the vines tightening their hold on you? or this is annoying or even get out of my face, Kuwata! For a moment, the mention of the tasks might as well be something like "do you like ketchup on your burgers"?
Then he catches up.
Right. The tasks. The garden had been on the list of tasks. The garden where you were supposed to go and—]
Hell no!
[That's such a fucking stupid thought and yet the second he figures out what Togami was getting at, he's sure that's exactly what's going on here. It's too convenient! Of course this is the kind of stupid-ass thing CERES would do to force people to play along!
His cheeks were hot before, but now they're burning. He can't even allow himself to think about the possibility. Nope. He's blocking it from his mind, actively.]