[A couple others had offered assistance, and when it was done, he immediately ran off on his own. It's not as though he has a home here, for people to look him up. What little presence he's had on the network has largely been his insistence that he doesn't feel inclined toward solving the mysteries of this place. Reaching out to someone is difficult when their hand isn't anywhere in sight, purposely hidden away.
On some subconscious level, that's probably why he came here. Nobody would have thought to check on him because he doesn't really know anyone, but Kitsuragi would care if he happened to come out and see him.
At the same time, Shinjiro feels like he knows where this line of questioning is going. The protest is rather without teeth when it comes, too sapped of energy for it, but there's some genuine teenage petulance in there.]
I ain't some little kid, y'know. I should've been able to handle it. Not like this is my first time seein' one.
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[A couple others had offered assistance, and when it was done, he immediately ran off on his own. It's not as though he has a home here, for people to look him up. What little presence he's had on the network has largely been his insistence that he doesn't feel inclined toward solving the mysteries of this place. Reaching out to someone is difficult when their hand isn't anywhere in sight, purposely hidden away.
On some subconscious level, that's probably why he came here. Nobody would have thought to check on him because he doesn't really know anyone, but Kitsuragi would care if he happened to come out and see him.
At the same time, Shinjiro feels like he knows where this line of questioning is going. The protest is rather without teeth when it comes, too sapped of energy for it, but there's some genuine teenage petulance in there.]
I ain't some little kid, y'know. I should've been able to handle it. Not like this is my first time seein' one.