[ It's inappropriate, but Ranger shrugs off the behavior easily enough. Even if he couldn't take the hint, it isn't as though taking a different tone would change the meaning behind his words. It'd do even less to change what had occurred. He taps the page several times. There's no need for him to write things out, being an AI, and so it must have been purely for the sake of others. ]
Right. Everyone around here's pretty shy, and I guess you stop wanting to have outsiders barging in around the time you nearly kill somebody.
[ Tap, tap, tap... He takes the pen down, picking up the scarf and shaking it off to try and get some of the loose sugar and dust off it. He does consider for a moment before adding, a little more thoughtfully now, ]
We haven't gotten the chance to talk yet. You must not be too worried about what happened.
[ Midori should be able to read between the lines. Ranger doesn't trust him, and yet he's the only person in this entire school that he does. They a certain amount of respect for each other, a certain understanding of how easily relationships can be torn apart by petty conflicts, and for him to leave matters alone this long tells him something. ]
no subject
Right. Everyone around here's pretty shy, and I guess you stop wanting to have outsiders barging in around the time you nearly kill somebody.
[ Tap, tap, tap... He takes the pen down, picking up the scarf and shaking it off to try and get some of the loose sugar and dust off it. He does consider for a moment before adding, a little more thoughtfully now, ]
We haven't gotten the chance to talk yet. You must not be too worried about what happened.
[ Midori should be able to read between the lines. Ranger doesn't trust him, and yet he's the only person in this entire school that he does. They a certain amount of respect for each other, a certain understanding of how easily relationships can be torn apart by petty conflicts, and for him to leave matters alone this long tells him something. ]