Is it a poor tendency when it's something that you've put to such good use? Social mores are strange at the best of times, as far as I'm concerned; they're not really worth putting so much stock in that you'd crush yourself under heel for them.

[But then again, it's Rui saying that. Whether it means much coming from him is up in the air, of course, and he knows that all too well. So it gets dropped, and he simply tips his head to the side, back and forth, without letting go of Mayoi's shoulder.

His city now. He'll even gradually turn it into slinging his whole arm around both shoulders, certainly not as a conscious effort but just casually inserting himself into as much space as he's allowed.] That makes sense, then. Your exacting standards for yourself carry over to others, at least during training...If I can find Ensemble Square when I return home, I'll come to one of your unit's shows. I want to see the fruits of your labours, and you feeling like you're at your best.

You're not a creeping shadow in my eyes, you know. You're quite the treasure. I'm sure that I'm not the only one to think so.