[Akira is both more relaxed and more alert all at once.
If Maruki was a researcher...]
It's nice for me, too. [Because it's true.] I don't get to have discussions with the others like this that often. Really, I'm just passing on the things that I've learned from a few others that are a lot more knowledgeable than I am. [If any of them ever got to talk to Maruki, Akira's sure they'd have a field day.] But explaining things, theorizing things... Usually I'm not the one in the driver's seat.
[The thought does nag at him, that the others who would be a lot more qualified to have this discussion with Maruki aren't here, but... Maybe part of him is still glad to be able to have the chance.
He still needs to make the most of it, though, even if his guard is painfully low. He owes it to Futaba to ask this.]
During your time researching, did you run into anyone named Isshiki Wakaba?
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If Maruki was a researcher...]
It's nice for me, too. [Because it's true.] I don't get to have discussions with the others like this that often. Really, I'm just passing on the things that I've learned from a few others that are a lot more knowledgeable than I am. [If any of them ever got to talk to Maruki, Akira's sure they'd have a field day.] But explaining things, theorizing things... Usually I'm not the one in the driver's seat.
[The thought does nag at him, that the others who would be a lot more qualified to have this discussion with Maruki aren't here, but... Maybe part of him is still glad to be able to have the chance.
He still needs to make the most of it, though, even if his guard is painfully low. He owes it to Futaba to ask this.]
During your time researching, did you run into anyone named Isshiki Wakaba?