That's why it's a story people have been passing down for a long time. It sounds too good to be true, but it's still a feelgood story people can get behind the premise of.
[And he'd love to tell Ahito the story, but he's cut off by an untimely yawn.]
Why don't I tell you the tale some time? In the meantime, I need my beauty sleep.
[maybe he can tell ahito a bedtime story in aftermath thread—]
Thanks for coming to check on me, Ahito. You're a good person.
Oh- right. You probably need to sleep all that off.
[We are reserving comment on the "good person" bit.]
Later, Akira.
[He'll actually exit the room through the door like a normal person, even - if only because it's easier to get into his own room when it's literally. Next door.]
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People in power can get away with all kinds of things no matter what the world...
[Not surprising, but still disgusting.]
Still - taking on the title of "filthy criminal" even when you haven't actually committed any? Bold choice.
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That's what I've been branded as, right? Might as well embrace it. There's varying degrees of criminality too. Take Robin Hood, for example.
[Surely Ahito knows who Robin Hood is, and if not, Akira's willing to bet there's some version of the myth in his world too.]
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[That's another nope.]
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[And he'd love to tell Ahito the story, but he's cut off by an untimely yawn.]
Why don't I tell you the tale some time? In the meantime, I need my beauty sleep.
[maybe he can tell ahito a bedtime story in aftermath thread—]
Thanks for coming to check on me, Ahito. You're a good person.
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[We are reserving comment on the "good person" bit.]
Later, Akira.
[He'll actually exit the room through the door like a normal person, even - if only because it's easier to get into his own room when it's literally. Next door.]