Maruki's motivations for care are a mystery to him. The drive to serve others such a foreign concept, he knows it's spurned by whatever selfish intent is hidden below the surface.
He doesn't trust Maruki, or anyone. It's a well worn hesitation, but-
They've been through the gambit. A liar that follows through words with action. Akechi, for the most part, can respect it.]
To speak to that level is impossible for me. I would be doing a disservice to him and you by trying.
It's my suggestion you find out his motivations yourself. Either through taking advantage of the service for the purpose of seeing how he operates or by speaking to him personally.
Even if I were a member of his family, with intimate knowledge of him, my assumption is you're intelligent enough to trust that opinion even less.
[Then-
Moments come to mind as he moves to set down his phone and end the ridiculous conversation on amicable terms with this man. A flicker of licking wounds in a dilapidated convenience store, a note pressed against the back of his pillow, a breakfast made for a quiet birthday.]
For all the people I've dealt with - criminals, liars and otherwise who purport altruism for the sake of inflating their own ego - Maruki-san truly seems genuine in his attempts. That is what I can attest to.
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Maruki's motivations for care are a mystery to him. The drive to serve others such a foreign concept, he knows it's spurned by whatever selfish intent is hidden below the surface.
He doesn't trust Maruki, or anyone. It's a well worn hesitation, but-
They've been through the gambit. A liar that follows through words with action. Akechi, for the most part, can respect it.]
To speak to that level is impossible for me. I would be doing a disservice to him and you by trying.
It's my suggestion you find out his motivations yourself. Either through taking advantage of the service for the purpose of seeing how he operates or by speaking to him personally.
Even if I were a member of his family, with intimate knowledge of him, my assumption is you're intelligent enough to trust that opinion even less.
[Then-
Moments come to mind as he moves to set down his phone and end the ridiculous conversation on amicable terms with this man. A flicker of licking wounds in a dilapidated convenience store, a note pressed against the back of his pillow, a breakfast made for a quiet birthday.]
For all the people I've dealt with - criminals, liars and otherwise who purport altruism for the sake of inflating their own ego - Maruki-san truly seems genuine in his attempts. That is what I can attest to.