Bakyura: What is with all the weirdness today?
Saki: When was it ever normal?
Bakyura: Good point.
Kyo: I know right, Bakyura? Everyone's being so secretive. And we don't even know names!
Kanra: You people should realize by now that when you say something weird, you shouldn't act suspicious. People will think more of it if you get defensive. Not everything is taken seriously. I really wish everyone would stop overreacting.
Setton: Is it just me or is Kanra being nicer today?
Kanra: I try not to scare away new people.
Purewater100%: Lol. Sure you don't.
Kishi: Hey guys, I think I'm going to go.
Saika: Oh ok.
Hakai: Bye I guess.
Kishi: Remember the advice I gave. We should get him to help.
-Kishi has left the chat room-
Chrome: Interesting.
Hana: Um. I think I'm going to go too.
Saika: Oh. Ok.
Setton: Will you be on again?
Taro Tanaka: Yeah, because we really enjoyed meeting you.
Hana: Yeah um probably.
Mai: Cool!
Hakai: I look forward to chatting with you again Hana.
Hana: Thanks you too. It was really nice meeting you all. Thank you for being so nice to me!
Bakyura: No problem!
Kanra: You seem pretty cool.
Saki: Bye.
-Hana has left the chat-
Kyo: So…now what?
The two new people on the chat reminded Amaimon of two people he'd met before. But he couldn't put his finger on whom. What was familiar about them? Izaya, what are you up to?
-Private mode-
Kanra: Hakai. Whatever you do, don't freak out. Okay? Remember what I said earlier. You're safe under the anonymity of the internet. They won't know who you really are. Those new users aren't after you. It sounds like they believe in redemption and are rooting for who would stop a bad guy. Okay? Let's avoid turning my chat room into an interrogation or a place of conviction please.
Hakai: I don't freak out. I never said that I was.
Kanra: Ha. Yeah I figured you'd say something like that. Okay then. You wouldn't admit it if you were anyways though. You seem smart, so make sure you act like it online too. Okay? All those people in the chat are people I've put there for a reason (well, except for my annoying
sisters). I can whisk away their suspicions as easily as I can spew rumors around the chat. You have nothing to be concerned with in the chat room that I control.
Hakai: You're not going to admit that you actually care, are you? I'm smart, remember? A human can manipulate another and still care about them. I've noticed that by now. Even Izaya Orihara. Although, I can also suspect you don't think I'm human.
Kanra: …
Kanra: Does it matter?
Hakai: Does what matter?
Kanra: Whether or not the manipulator actually cares about the person they're manipulating? If the manipulated is getting something good out of it, and is being helped, then it really doesn't make a difference whether or not there is care in that manipulative relationship, does it?
Hakai: Wow. That response could almost make me feel like I was back home. You really couldn't just respond with a simple answer, could you? I suppose I didn't expect anything else. After all, you don't think I'm human so you seem to think that whether or not there's care in the relationship wouldn't matter to me. Especially since you don't think I could care about anyone besides myself.
You don't think it's possible for me. I can imagine people say the same thing about you. You don't refer to yourself as a human, but there's nothing physical to imply otherwise. For a time now I've suspected this is how this relationship was going to go. Although, I am used to it, I expect it less from humans here in Assiah. I suppose I am supposed to thank you for your advice though.
Kanra: …
Kanra: Wow. It appears I have underestimated you. I knew you were smart, but no one has ever been close to figuring me out.
Hakai: You still wouldn't admit it though. Would you?
Kanra: Would you know the answer to that?
-Exit private mode-