[Her heart sinks a little when he stares at her like that. He doesn't believe her. And why should he? Neither Akihiko nor Mitsuru are here to back her up. Even back when Akihiko had introduced them formally, he'd looked at her kind of like this, hadn't he? Like he'd been daring her to prove herself.
Maybe she should be grateful that he's letting her off the hook relatively easily, but it doesn't feel like it. She starts walking again, desperately trying to keep some of that cheer in her voice.]
Well, you said it yourself, right? We're all a bunch of criminals.
[She is trying to make a joke. She is trying so hard. Normally she'd laugh and wink, but as it is, she just manages another little smile as she glances back at him.]
Anyway, I'm friends with the owner. Dazai-san is a really interesting guy!
[Osamu Dazai, former mafioso and murderer, summed up as "a really interesting guy."]
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Maybe she should be grateful that he's letting her off the hook relatively easily, but it doesn't feel like it. She starts walking again, desperately trying to keep some of that cheer in her voice.]
Well, you said it yourself, right? We're all a bunch of criminals.
[She is trying to make a joke. She is trying so hard. Normally she'd laugh and wink, but as it is, she just manages another little smile as she glances back at him.]
Anyway, I'm friends with the owner. Dazai-san is a really interesting guy!
[Osamu Dazai, former mafioso and murderer, summed up as "a really interesting guy."]