[ He expects a lot of possible reactions. That she won't care, that she'll find his reasoning stupid, that she's just been stringing him along until she gets bored. There's a non-zero chance that s̷o̴m̶e̸o̶n̴e̴ has been planting a few of those expectations in his thoughts.
In any case, he's appropriately thrown off when she replies with an introduction.
It's not rejection, and it's not ridicule. Kaito knows loners. He knows the abrasive ones and knows the dismissive ones. The fact that his blabbering isn't driving her away seems... promising.
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In any case, he's appropriately thrown off when she replies with an introduction.
It's not rejection, and it's not ridicule. Kaito knows loners. He knows the abrasive ones and knows the dismissive ones. The fact that his blabbering isn't driving her away seems... promising.
So for once in his life, he replies succinctly. ]
I'll remember that.