[ He parrots, his tone appropriately wary considering what little he'd seen of them last: Nobu, slowly burning. The man in his hands tenses, but not because of a fear of being found out— he can tell the difference between the clench of muscles that comes with begging as opposed to grasping at straws for a good lie. Mercifully for this man, Matt can tell that he's doing the former. ]
...Don't ever crawl around at her heels again. I'll know if you do.
[ And with that, Matt knocks their assailant out with a sharp left hook and leaves him to sleep on the ground until someone notices. Silence stretches between him and Fujino, but when he's ready to speak again, his tone is calmer than even he'd anticipated. ]
no subject
[ He parrots, his tone appropriately wary considering what little he'd seen of them last: Nobu, slowly burning. The man in his hands tenses, but not because of a fear of being found out— he can tell the difference between the clench of muscles that comes with begging as opposed to grasping at straws for a good lie. Mercifully for this man, Matt can tell that he's doing the former. ]
...Don't ever crawl around at her heels again. I'll know if you do.
[ And with that, Matt knocks their assailant out with a sharp left hook and leaves him to sleep on the ground until someone notices. Silence stretches between him and Fujino, but when he's ready to speak again, his tone is calmer than even he'd anticipated. ]
Long night.