placation: placation (art: SK58823976) - dns (spreading where you stand)
Takuto Maruki ☼ COUNCILLOR ([personal profile] placation) wrote 2025-02-23 10:33 pm (UTC)

[ That sounds like Odasaku.

Maruki isn't a good counselor. Not really. Any help he's managed to give to people has been because he has the mind of a researcher, cataloguing information and drawing connections.

So, he does here what he does with his patients, with his friends: He listens to what Dolph tells him, and weighs it alongside everything he already knows.

It's not that he knows much about Odasaku. The man doesn't talk about himself in a meaningful way, really. But he doesn't have to talk to tell Maruki things.

After quietly mulling that over, Maruki finally asks:
]

Have you ever seen him use a gun?

[ And then, with a smile. ]

I'm going somewhere with this. I promise.

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