◣ ♔ ◥ senyuu sentence starters ❝ accepting. ❞
◣ ✿ ◥ Kyouka stared at him for a long moment after he finished his sentence. He said what she thought he said, right? She hadn’t misheard him? Because somehow, those words made her feel like she was getting scolded; she had, after all, almost done just that–died for the sake of saving Yokohama and all the people she’d come to care about. What else could she have done?
She’d passed the entrance exam.
And if being willing to risk one’s life for the sake of others was part of the requirement for joining the Agency, then, by Ranpo’s logic, weren’t all the members weak? Including Fukuzawa, since he set the rules? She knew of Ranpo’s childish arrogance and his distaste for a certain someone, but she hadn’t expected him to say anything that ( directly or indirectly ) insulted the man he respected the most.
Perhaps he’d only spoken without thinking or didn’t mean it in the way she interpreted it. Ranpo was the smartest person she knew, but anyone could slip up like that. Maybe he was tired or something. Either way, she did her best to not take his words personally.
“Would you like some tea?” she inquired after a minute of silence. “I’m about to make some.” If only for an excuse to change the subject.