[It's a good thing that so far, he's only picked up a coffee cup, because that's light enough that he doesn't drop it when he freezes. The same might not be said for the coffee pot itself.
For a moment, there's wild pinwheeling and gears failing to hook together in his head. A deep, angry envy, one he hasn't experienced in years, rears itself in the back of his throat.]
... My mother died when I was very young.
[There's no attempt at forcing a smile on it. In fact, there's no attempt at putting any emotion on it at all. It's flat and toneless, a peek at the monster inside that is nothing but empty space, not even Noise. The thing that is always hungry.
Did he know? The old paranoia creeps in, too - Akechi is now skimming the surface of Ren's thoughts, just to see if that was a comment thrown out in anticipation of such a reaction, if it was something Ren knew beforehand. Ren has surely encountered other Akechis before this point, after all, and surely they weren't all that lucky.]
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For a moment, there's wild pinwheeling and gears failing to hook together in his head. A deep, angry envy, one he hasn't experienced in years, rears itself in the back of his throat.]
... My mother died when I was very young.
[There's no attempt at forcing a smile on it. In fact, there's no attempt at putting any emotion on it at all. It's flat and toneless, a peek at the monster inside that is nothing but empty space, not even Noise. The thing that is always hungry.
Did he know? The old paranoia creeps in, too - Akechi is now skimming the surface of Ren's thoughts, just to see if that was a comment thrown out in anticipation of such a reaction, if it was something Ren knew beforehand. Ren has surely encountered other Akechis before this point, after all, and surely they weren't all that lucky.]