[There's really...nothing he can say to that. Or rather, nothing he can say to avoid it, in any case. He could try and come up with another lie, but...]
...that's not very fair, leaving a liar like me no other moves to make, you know. Haha...
[He's still laughing a little, still smiling, but distinctly looking away from Shuichi now. And even with those, he just looks...tired. Sure, the mask is still there, but he's just putting the bare amount of effort into keeping it on now. He was exhausted before, and then everything about this conversation has made that worse. Just talking made him tired, lying made him tired, listening to the detective figure it all out and corner him made him tired...
The leader tips over and sags against the couch, going almost boneless with a heavy sigh. He definitely gives up now. There's no real fight left in him, even if he could try and come up with something else to say. Though for a long moment, he almost seems like he's choosing not to say anything period instead, resting his eyes and staying quiet...]
...it's...not really any one thing that happened, Saihara-chan. Or I guess it's that I'm dealing with a lot of things, all at once, really. But you're right...I'm not really having fun anymore. Not sure how fun it was to begin with.
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...that's not very fair, leaving a liar like me no other moves to make, you know. Haha...
[He's still laughing a little, still smiling, but distinctly looking away from Shuichi now. And even with those, he just looks...tired. Sure, the mask is still there, but he's just putting the bare amount of effort into keeping it on now. He was exhausted before, and then everything about this conversation has made that worse. Just talking made him tired, lying made him tired, listening to the detective figure it all out and corner him made him tired...
The leader tips over and sags against the couch, going almost boneless with a heavy sigh. He definitely gives up now. There's no real fight left in him, even if he could try and come up with something else to say. Though for a long moment, he almost seems like he's choosing not to say anything period instead, resting his eyes and staying quiet...]
...it's...not really any one thing that happened, Saihara-chan. Or I guess it's that I'm dealing with a lot of things, all at once, really. But you're right...I'm not really having fun anymore. Not sure how fun it was to begin with.