[ Upon hearing Touka's voice does Kaneki stiffen a bit and he turns slightly to look over at her and attempting to offer something in way of a smile. Call it a force of habit but he couldn't help it even in an awkward situation like this one, though he dropped most of the feigned 'helpless' act for what it was worth.

Between two ghouls - even if he was just 'half' ghoul - he didn't need to pretend anything and it was quite a relief. ]

I was trying to at least seem like I was human incase anyone happened to come across this, that's all.

[ He gives a quick look around them to make sure noone's looking over here before he does anything remotely inhuman.

This is followed by a distinctive crack of one of his fingers; old habits still didn't change and as the tree started to try extending more tentacles toward him, one of his kagune flourished into existence and severed the one wrapped around his ankle as well as the oncoming ones. Only as the tree fully withdrew did the kagune dissipate once again and he exhaled a small sigh. ]

Sorry about that, Touka.

Have you at least been enjoying the party, even a little?

[ Casual as all heck. Don't mind him. He wanted to deal with the thing quickly so he could focus on her company, even if she had judged him for what he'd done before.