[Kanda's eyes narrow at that flash of gold, the evasiveness of the other.]
...I don't give a damn what those monks are doing to you, tied up or otherwise, but this isn't something that can wait, ki-partner.
[He'd started to call him 'killjoy' - started to, and remembered Lavi's own words about how his relationship with the monks was related to the Bookman side of him. Correcting himself had been bothersome, but he wasn't going to intentionally create problems there for Lavi... not when his partner thought they might be able to help the current situation.
Which is why he glances away in an attempt to wrestle his frustration and irritation under control, forces himself to take first one and then another slow breath before he finally turns back to the handheld.
This time, his expression is carefully blank as he forces the words out.]
I need you on this one, Lavi.
[There's not many people Kanda trusts, and rare still the occasion where he admits needing or wanting help, but request he does at the sharp cost of his own pride. He doesn't particularly like the feel of it, saying something like that.]
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...I don't give a damn what those monks are doing to you, tied up or otherwise, but this isn't something that can wait, ki-partner.
[He'd started to call him 'killjoy' - started to, and remembered Lavi's own words about how his relationship with the monks was related to the Bookman side of him. Correcting himself had been bothersome, but he wasn't going to intentionally create problems there for Lavi... not when his partner thought they might be able to help the current situation.
Which is why he glances away in an attempt to wrestle his frustration and irritation under control, forces himself to take first one and then another slow breath before he finally turns back to the handheld.
This time, his expression is carefully blank as he forces the words out.]
I need you on this one, Lavi.
[There's not many people Kanda trusts, and rare still the occasion where he admits needing or wanting help, but request he does at the sharp cost of his own pride. He doesn't particularly like the feel of it, saying something like that.]