[ Despite his usual observational skills, Akechi doesn't even notice Akira's shift from 'tense' to 'slightly less tense'. He just notices that Akira doesn't seem to disbelieve him, which is... something. Probably better than he coudl have hoped for, if he'd seen this coming.
The shock finally fades from his expression, replaced by worry-tinged contemplation - though rather than Akira's situation, he's worrying about his own. What on earth is he even supposed to do? In his mind there's no way Akira would believe him if he explained everything else that had happened between now and then - and he'd rather take the secret to his (second) grave and deal with the tension than share it and risk being accused of lying. ]
I've met three other people that know of Earth. One of them is from three hundred years ago, another is from 2038, and the last is from so far in the future that humanity has launched manned missions to Pluto.
[ Lance hadn't given him an exact year, but he suspects that's also a pretty dramatic difference in time. ]
You're the only person I've met that's even from the same decade.
[ And while he won't directly say whether he thinks memory loss or actual time displacement is more likely, he's already got his money on the latter. ]
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The shock finally fades from his expression, replaced by worry-tinged contemplation - though rather than Akira's situation, he's worrying about his own. What on earth is he even supposed to do? In his mind there's no way Akira would believe him if he explained everything else that had happened between now and then - and he'd rather take the secret to his (second) grave and deal with the tension than share it and risk being accused of lying. ]
I've met three other people that know of Earth. One of them is from three hundred years ago, another is from 2038, and the last is from so far in the future that humanity has launched manned missions to Pluto.
[ Lance hadn't given him an exact year, but he suspects that's also a pretty dramatic difference in time. ]
You're the only person I've met that's even from the same decade.
[ And while he won't directly say whether he thinks memory loss or actual time displacement is more likely, he's already got his money on the latter. ]