"When you say "him," you mean "me," right? Don't worry, I'm right here!"
Imanotsurugi may not be expecting an answer, but he gets one from Midare, who has come up behind him with the quiet footsteps that make him so adept at hiding and advancing stealthily when it's scary.
And it is scary, to hear something like that - because he's teasing, but he knows that the other tantou has someone else in mind when he says he wants to see "him" again. He knows that, as people who go into the past to prevent the past from being changed, they walk a thin line between their righteous goal and the twisted goals of their enemies. It's all too easy to stick a toe or even a whole foot over the line.
So he has to deflect it. He has to do his best to make sure none of his comrades dwell on it enough to actually act on it, and if that means acting the fool, then so be it.
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Imanotsurugi may not be expecting an answer, but he gets one from Midare, who has come up behind him with the quiet footsteps that make him so adept at hiding and advancing stealthily when it's scary.
And it is scary, to hear something like that - because he's teasing, but he knows that the other tantou has someone else in mind when he says he wants to see "him" again. He knows that, as people who go into the past to prevent the past from being changed, they walk a thin line between their righteous goal and the twisted goals of their enemies. It's all too easy to stick a toe or even a whole foot over the line.
So he has to deflect it. He has to do his best to make sure none of his comrades dwell on it enough to actually act on it, and if that means acting the fool, then so be it.