"...You are a really polite cognition," he quietly commented. "If you are one." He keeps his camera aimed on him, his heart skipping a beat at the thought of remembering his own Akechi being like this the first time he met him. He wonders how long it will take in this timeline for him to break character.

He slightly lowers his camera to regard his question, realizing at last that he's real. The real Goro Akechi, dressed so prim and proper. "No need to be so formal, just call me Akira or if you are so inclined to keep distance you can go with a sharp Kurusu." He waggles his brows a little, his own little joke.

"Oh wait- are we going with codenames right now?"