A detective prince has an image to maintain. One he has a vice grip on, especially around a man who could run to tabloids at best or Shido's shadow at worst. The instantaneous destruction of that bottle doesn't fit that image.
And Maruki doesn't seem to care. Not a single admonishment or threat behind his words, not that he has ground to stand on without proof. Those displays and slips easy to deny when there's only word against word.
Maruki is really full of surprises.
The next question gives him pause - his first Sleepr post a persistent memory. It purveys the truth with an exceptional degree of accuracy. It's something he could check past posts of, though he doubts the same investigative instinct lies within the doctor.
A hand rests under his chin - eyes to the ground and then Maruki himself.]
Sometimes. Other times they seem to be glitches. I witnessed one such instance. [His own. He will deny it until the day he dies.] The distinction is difficult to make unless someone is willing to own up to it. Though it's troubling, isn't it? A contract that owns us, a program that has all our information stored within - we have no agency or privacy here.
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A detective prince has an image to maintain. One he has a vice grip on, especially around a man who could run to tabloids at best or Shido's shadow at worst. The instantaneous destruction of that bottle doesn't fit that image.
And Maruki doesn't seem to care. Not a single admonishment or threat behind his words, not that he has ground to stand on without proof. Those displays and slips easy to deny when there's only word against word.
Maruki is really full of surprises.
The next question gives him pause - his first Sleepr post a persistent memory. It purveys the truth with an exceptional degree of accuracy. It's something he could check past posts of, though he doubts the same investigative instinct lies within the doctor.
A hand rests under his chin - eyes to the ground and then Maruki himself.]
Sometimes. Other times they seem to be glitches. I witnessed one such instance. [His own. He will deny it until the day he dies.] The distinction is difficult to make unless someone is willing to own up to it. Though it's troubling, isn't it? A contract that owns us, a program that has all our information stored within - we have no agency or privacy here.