[ he's already butted heads with said widowed mom, yes, please don't bring it up. There is a small chuckle before he takes a breath and decides to just ask then: ]
My attention is all yours then, Ryuko-dono. [ spill it. ]
[ Ryuko is a sharp one. Katsura can't help but smile warmly. His voice seems to carry expressions of sternness and anger easily; even things that sound oft and comforting. But never something that sounds so fond like right now.
I am always in trouble, Ryuko-dono. There isn't a moment in my life that I am not in some sort of trouble for doing the things that I believe is the right path for me to take.
[ He is always on the run. All through his life, he has been on the run. As the only person to carry his family's name when his parents and grand mother died when he was such a child still. Katsura made it an effort and a goal to run.
He doesn't have a stable place to live back home— Katsura was always hopping from hotel to hotel in all sorts of disguises to evade the police. "Runaway Kotarou" was his nickname, after all. He didn't know what it was like to live at peace and not in trouble. ]
I'm sorry, but I can not tell you— though it is not anything personal. I do trust you a lot, just so you know that.
Tch, all that recruiting and now ya wanna do things alone? Suit yourself! I got better things to do!!
[ Her tone is sharp and careless, like a reflex for whenever she is shut out, or close to being hurt. N-Not that she's hurt or anything!! But a part of her understands that this is something about him - after all, she has her own secrets, too. ]
Just don't get yourself killed or anything, you promised to pack me lunch just before.
[ She's so cute when she gets like this. ] —Are you wishing you were my right hand?
[ to pledge loyalty to him; to be the top on his list of people he can count on. He is touched— very much so— but what he is planning does involve the work of others... just not Ryuko. Not this time; he was very careful with his choice of people to assist him. ]
Hooo. Now this is surprising! Ah, I think I am blushing.
[ Such rebel. Very wow. ] There is no need to worry, Ryuko-dono. Nobody is going kamikaze and nobody is going to Mosley-san's office either.
[ Somehow, he knew that Ryuko was that type of person who was headstrong and leader of her own self. Her response isn't surprising to him in the least. How does, however, enjoy her concern.
Running away all of his life has only put him into endless circumstances of loneliness. If Tellus means anything to him, it's the people here. If there is anything he will miss when he goes home, it's the people here; people like Ryuko. It is the people that he has bonded so many close friendships with when he's never really felt like he fit in properly his entire life until he became leader of the Jouishishi rebellion and formed followers home.
Followers are different than friends though. Friends like Gintoki, Sakamoto and Takasugi before he went so bitter against the world. They all have special places in his large heart, and he feels like he can now fill up all of those empty spaces with more people. ]
I promise you. It will be fine.
[ In the back of his mind, he is not sure if it will be okay. Katsura is a great offensive asset, but again, his primary work was strategic... ..and running away when the enemy was too strong.
[ CERES is more than just strong, they're capable of psychological torture of the worst kind, something that Athena asked Ryuko to keep quiet about. Some would probably find death preferable. ]
If you fail this, they'll make you regret it. Don't screw it up.
There are no regrets. Only opportunities for us to learn. [ Learn from himself, his experiences, from others— all of these things, but he doesn't say it. ]
I'm aware. [ And to be honest, he is actually terrified. ]
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My attention is all yours then, Ryuko-dono.
[ spill it. ]
What is in your mind?
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hmm. ]
You've been kinda quiet lately. No "The Bridge & her cronies can suck a big one" flyers?
...You're up to something.
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He can't deny it. ]
I cannot speak about it.
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Why not? Are you in trouble?
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[ He is always on the run. All through his life, he has been on the run. As the only person to carry his family's name when his parents and grand mother died when he was such a child still. Katsura made it an effort and a goal to run.
He doesn't have a stable place to live back home— Katsura was always hopping from hotel to hotel in all sorts of disguises to evade the police. "Runaway Kotarou" was his nickname, after all. He didn't know what it was like to live at peace and not in trouble. ]
I'm sorry, but I can not tell you— though it is not anything personal.
I do trust you a lot, just so you know that.
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[ Her tone is sharp and careless, like a reflex for whenever she is shut out, or close to being hurt. N-Not that she's hurt or anything!! But a part of her understands that this is something about him - after all, she has her own secrets, too. ]
Just don't get yourself killed or anything, you promised to pack me lunch just before.
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—Are you wishing you were my right hand?
[ to pledge loyalty to him; to be the top on his list of people he can count on. He is touched— very much so— but what he is planning does involve the work of others... just not Ryuko. Not this time; he was very careful with his choice of people to assist him. ]
Hooo. Now this is surprising! Ah, I think I am blushing.
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[ It's more like her being overprotective of her tiny incomprehensible wolfpack. ]
Go kamikaze into Mosley's office floor for all I care!! [ See, she's even saying the opposite of what she means. What nonsensical people! ]
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There is no need to worry, Ryuko-dono. Nobody is going kamikaze and nobody is going to Mosley-san's office either.
[ Somehow, he knew that Ryuko was that type of person who was headstrong and leader of her own self. Her response isn't surprising to him in the least. How does, however, enjoy her concern.
Running away all of his life has only put him into endless circumstances of loneliness. If Tellus means anything to him, it's the people here. If there is anything he will miss when he goes home, it's the people here; people like Ryuko. It is the people that he has bonded so many close friendships with when he's never really felt like he fit in properly his entire life until he became leader of the Jouishishi rebellion and formed followers home.
Followers are different than friends though. Friends like Gintoki, Sakamoto and Takasugi before he went so bitter against the world. They all have special places in his large heart, and he feels like he can now fill up all of those empty spaces with more people. ]
I promise you. It will be fine.
[ In the back of his mind, he is not sure if it will be okay. Katsura is a great offensive asset, but again, his primary work was strategic...
..and running away when the enemy was too strong.
CERES is very strong and everybody knows that. ]
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If you fail this, they'll make you regret it. Don't screw it up.
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[ Learn from himself, his experiences, from others— all of these things, but he doesn't say it. ]
I'm aware.
[ And to be honest, he is actually terrified. ]