[ Maruki stares at him for a moment before a corner of his lips ticks upward, a quiet breath of a laugh exhaled as he reaches over to lightly shove Akechi's shoulder. ]
Helpful as ever, Detective Prince. Thanks.
[ It's nothing but fond. Did he really expect Akechi to be the first to budge and give information up? Not really, no.
Maruki drums his fingers idly on the page as he speaks, looking only at Akechi. He doesn't need to read anything to refresh his memory on this. The whole strange interaction burned into his mind like the sun that set over the beach that day. ]
A man called Finnick approached me toward the end of my time off. What began as a standard friendly conversation with a new arrival quickly took a turn when he revealed that he came here from another reality aside from his own, whether others from their own realities also resided. Like Somnius, a bit, but stranger in some ways.
[ Most of the question marks on the page have to do with the specifics of that reality. Warlock? Summoning ghosts? Not quite himself? God, who knows.
Regardless, his eyes stay on Akechi as he goes on. ]
As you've likely been told, a version of myself was there with him. Not me, although you'd certainly be forgiven for assuming it was me, considering how easily he gave up every piece of information I requested and some I did not.
[ There's no tempering the judgment in his tone. He no longer feels the need to do so when it's just him and Akechi. ]
So, there's direct confirmation of the existence of multiple realities, although it's not as if either of us really needed it to know it's true. Several things about this bother me, but I want to hear your thoughts before I start down the list.
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Helpful as ever, Detective Prince. Thanks.
[ It's nothing but fond. Did he really expect Akechi to be the first to budge and give information up? Not really, no.
Maruki drums his fingers idly on the page as he speaks, looking only at Akechi. He doesn't need to read anything to refresh his memory on this. The whole strange interaction burned into his mind like the sun that set over the beach that day. ]
A man called Finnick approached me toward the end of my time off. What began as a standard friendly conversation with a new arrival quickly took a turn when he revealed that he came here from another reality aside from his own, whether others from their own realities also resided. Like Somnius, a bit, but stranger in some ways.
[ Most of the question marks on the page have to do with the specifics of that reality. Warlock? Summoning ghosts? Not quite himself? God, who knows.
Regardless, his eyes stay on Akechi as he goes on. ]
As you've likely been told, a version of myself was there with him. Not me, although you'd certainly be forgiven for assuming it was me, considering how easily he gave up every piece of information I requested and some I did not.
[ There's no tempering the judgment in his tone. He no longer feels the need to do so when it's just him and Akechi. ]
So, there's direct confirmation of the existence of multiple realities, although it's not as if either of us really needed it to know it's true. Several things about this bother me, but I want to hear your thoughts before I start down the list.