[Kaoru, young as he still is, hasn't fully given up on the idea of one day being whisked away from the compound and into safety. It's getting harder and harder to keep that hope alive, true enough, but it's still there - and hearing that is enough to light that little spark.]
To Yase?
[He repeats it, and his tone is almost incredulous. It's not really that he views Sen as an untrustworthy person, though he certainly has his reservations about trusting too easily even at his age. Rather, despite the fact that he's yet to let go of the notion of escape, it has become such a distant possibility that he's struggling to register it as real and right in front of him.]
...But I don't have anyone else to stay with outside of this place. [Including Kodo for reasons we just don't know?! GOD, KODO.
He's definitely assuming she's making a short-term offer, though. Maybe a place to stay for a night or two while he works out arrangements elsewhere, but there is no elsewhere for him.]
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To Yase?
[He repeats it, and his tone is almost incredulous. It's not really that he views Sen as an untrustworthy person, though he certainly has his reservations about trusting too easily even at his age. Rather, despite the fact that he's yet to let go of the notion of escape, it has become such a distant possibility that he's struggling to register it as real and right in front of him.]
...But I don't have anyone else to stay with outside of this place. [Including Kodo for reasons we just don't know?! GOD, KODO.
He's definitely assuming she's making a short-term offer, though. Maybe a place to stay for a night or two while he works out arrangements elsewhere, but there is no elsewhere for him.]