Maruki heart clenches at the side of these two. Dove's politeness catches him off-guard a little but he keeps the same courtesy extended to him. His smile remains posed, even if it twitches at the ends.
His gaze does remain longer on that Ren. He looked so tired. So meek. His gaze remained fleeting, shy and just out of touch from reality in a way Maruki wasn't sure how to feel about. He was nothing like the young man he had shaken hands with in the counselling room.
"Thank you for giving me the chance to speak to both of you," he says- referring to both of them with a quick bow as he makes his way to one of the Leblanc stools and places the bag there. Just as practised. He simply needed to pose as the counsellor from Shujin again, he's sure he could get somewhere with this mess.
Cobwebs.
He unlatches the buckle and finds the two casette tapes carefully tucked in one of those sections. He's labelled them effectively- writing Dove's memory on one and Ren's memory on another.
"I would much rather not make it seem like I am holding your tapes hostage," he says in an unusual round of a coincidence as he places the two tapes and pushes it to their respective owners.
With that, he steps back and takes a seat on one of the stools close to the counter. He knows better than to try and push his luck by sitting next to either Dove or Ren. "...that's all I have. If you two need casette video players, I can manifest them for you right now."
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His gaze does remain longer on that Ren. He looked so tired. So meek. His gaze remained fleeting, shy and just out of touch from reality in a way Maruki wasn't sure how to feel about.
He was nothing like the young man he had shaken hands with in the counselling room.
"Thank you for giving me the chance to speak to both of you," he says- referring to both of them with a quick bow as he makes his way to one of the Leblanc stools and places the bag there. Just as practised. He simply needed to pose as the counsellor from Shujin again, he's sure he could get somewhere with this mess.
Cobwebs.
He unlatches the buckle and finds the two casette tapes carefully tucked in one of those sections. He's labelled them effectively- writing Dove's memory on one and Ren's memory on another.
"I would much rather not make it seem like I am holding your tapes hostage," he says in an unusual round of a coincidence as he places the two tapes and pushes it to their respective owners.
With that, he steps back and takes a seat on one of the stools close to the counter. He knows better than to try and push his luck by sitting next to either Dove or Ren. "...that's all I have. If you two need casette video players, I can manifest them for you right now."