[He eyes the man as he snaps at him, but says nothing, only moving forward to following him once he starts moving.
He isn't particularly interested in what this man had suffered through in his life, but finds himself overhearing the conversation anyway. Admittedly... something tugs at him a little at the words Zaen deserves to know how his family is... and his down turned gaze slowly raises to look over at that door. Where's he going to go? They're off his emergency contact list...
Well... at least he apparently had two people who cared about him.
This was just before they were supposedly killed by the same kind that murdered his parents.
... oh.
He notes the way this man distances himself from his memories... ashamed of his weakness. Heh... it's a bit uncanny, how many parallels he's seen between them in the short time they've been together.
Instinctively, he wants to recoil and withdraw.]
How sad. [... the tone of the words is indistinctive, like he can't decide if he wants to sympathize with this man or to dismiss him. Perhaps Aiden should count himself lucky that Akechi isn't deflecting his self-hatred onto him... not yet.
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He isn't particularly interested in what this man had suffered through in his life, but finds himself overhearing the conversation anyway. Admittedly... something tugs at him a little at the words Zaen deserves to know how his family is... and his down turned gaze slowly raises to look over at that door. Where's he going to go? They're off his emergency contact list...
Well... at least he apparently had two people who cared about him.
This was just before they were supposedly killed by the same kind that murdered his parents.
... oh.
He notes the way this man distances himself from his memories... ashamed of his weakness. Heh... it's a bit uncanny, how many parallels he's seen between them in the short time they've been together.
Instinctively, he wants to recoil and withdraw.]
How sad. [... the tone of the words is indistinctive, like he can't decide if he wants to sympathize with this man or to dismiss him. Perhaps Aiden should count himself lucky that Akechi isn't deflecting his self-hatred onto him... not yet.
Anyway...]
Keep moving.