[ The wording is indeed specific, and he immediately has the sense that somebody must have put Hange on his trail again. ]
[ Probably Jean, that little snitch. ]
[ He opens his mouth to say "fine", but hesitates. If Hange is zeroing in on him like this, they probably already suspect something, and might even touch him again. ]
[ And more importantly, he doesn't want to lie to them -- or maybe can't afford to be caught lying to them, but he'd rather not do it in the first place. Not after all their little pacts and promises. He takes those seriously. ]
...a bit worse, actually.
[ More like it's getting real damn difficult to hide his discomfort at this point, but it's not like anybody's keeping count! ]
But I don't know if it's anything yet.
[ SURELY JUST A COINCIDENCE WITH EVERYBODY AROUND THEM SUCCUMBING TO THE MAGICAL ILLNESS, RIGHT? ]
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[ Probably Jean, that little snitch. ]
[ He opens his mouth to say "fine", but hesitates. If Hange is zeroing in on him like this, they probably already suspect something, and might even touch him again. ]
[ And more importantly, he doesn't want to lie to them -- or maybe can't afford to be caught lying to them, but he'd rather not do it in the first place. Not after all their little pacts and promises. He takes those seriously. ]
...a bit worse, actually.
[ More like it's getting real damn difficult to hide his discomfort at this point, but it's not like anybody's keeping count! ]
But I don't know if it's anything yet.
[ SURELY JUST A COINCIDENCE WITH EVERYBODY AROUND THEM SUCCUMBING TO THE MAGICAL ILLNESS, RIGHT? ]