"That's one way of putting it," Akechi agrees, letting himself grin. Primary instigator—well, isn't that just the perfect description of Raven? "Look around, you'll see them. They tend to cluster by age."
Raven and Wagtail, Raven's Ren and the less-disastrous Amada, and the ones who come and go, like Wolf and the younger Sakura. And then there's Hawk and Aki-chan, both of them blossoming by now. Wildflowers being trained to a hothouse garden, with all the inevitable consequences. His face clouds over.
Clearly deciding Akira's passed some test, he looks back. "You wanted to know what I'd tell a newcomer about this place," he says, abruptly. "I won't be so trite as to say watch your back, or expect the unexpected—though that is what this place specialises in. Along with endless stretches of the most interminable boredom. You might meet anyone you've known. Or, more likely, you'll meet them somehow changed. Beyond recognition.
"And then there are the other things it can do." He's looked away from Akira again, to some uncertain point away down the alley, brooding and pensive.
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Raven and Wagtail, Raven's Ren and the less-disastrous Amada, and the ones who come and go, like Wolf and the younger Sakura. And then there's Hawk and Aki-chan, both of them blossoming by now. Wildflowers being trained to a hothouse garden, with all the inevitable consequences. His face clouds over.
Clearly deciding Akira's passed some test, he looks back. "You wanted to know what I'd tell a newcomer about this place," he says, abruptly. "I won't be so trite as to say watch your back, or expect the unexpected—though that is what this place specialises in. Along with endless stretches of the most interminable boredom. You might meet anyone you've known. Or, more likely, you'll meet them somehow changed. Beyond recognition.
"And then there are the other things it can do." He's looked away from Akira again, to some uncertain point away down the alley, brooding and pensive.