( mm, okay, this isn't so bad. it's on miai's terms, at least, and there's plenty of give for either of them to wriggle out of things discretely if they should so choose. certainly, it was excessively efficient, but intentionally so - the more of the space between them he railroads and illuminates, the less likely, ideally, he is to lose his way. )

That makes me very much happy to hear, thank you. ( polite, polite, but also, there is a part of him satisfied he doesn't disappoint. ) You do make me curious, though . . . What sort of Miai were you expecting? I can't imagine how little Tori describes me.

( this is in part because he lacks a comprehension of tori's perspective besides the fact that they're close, but it's perhaps for the best that he does. )