It's bad enough that union regulations mean the fare is just beating me at janken.
[He smiles wryly back. There was a time in his life when his "customer's" undefeated janken record seemed like the biggest problem he'd ever had. This first day, outdoors in the snow but after hours of wandering around indoors, that era is just now starting to feel far away. The kidnapping alone is already the scariest thing that has ever happened to Takao - he appreciates, aesthetically, that this woman comes from the same snarky school of thought but is a lot more world-weary and deliberate about coping.]
No, I'm not. [His eyebrows arch in a continued display of sympathy.] It must have been hella uncomfortable coming to, with your obi still all tied up over that bed, huh?
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[He smiles wryly back. There was a time in his life when his "customer's" undefeated janken record seemed like the biggest problem he'd ever had. This first day, outdoors in the snow but after hours of wandering around indoors, that era is just now starting to feel far away. The kidnapping alone is already the scariest thing that has ever happened to Takao - he appreciates, aesthetically, that this woman comes from the same snarky school of thought but is a lot more world-weary and deliberate about coping.]
No, I'm not. [His eyebrows arch in a continued display of sympathy.] It must have been hella uncomfortable coming to, with your obi still all tied up over that bed, huh?