"No no, that-" he cuts himself off with a light chuckle. "I am a councillor. I understand perfectly well what you are trying to say." Really if he were any more aware he would argue how he could dispel that the idea of being in pain and emotional distress only complicated things in the long run but that aside...it was something else.

"You said- you're more honest."

"Do I...give you an impression of a liar, Hamuko-san?" He keeps his voice even, gentle even but the quirk on his brow gives away the tension in his body since he's heard that sentence. That is a really strange thing to say, is it not?