[Regardless of that being the entirely expected response, Kagari still g r o a n s exaggeratedly, in some part because being real with Ginoza seems too daunting right now; it's easier to just play up the obnoxiousness, try to get something like a rise out of the other man as a way of finding something that still resembles their previous dynamic.]

Ughhhhhh, lame. You don't have to be so responsible anymore, you know.

[Though even as he says it in jest, there's a layer of truth in it. A bitter aftertaste, so to speak. Gino's life was effectively over. Whatever he did now, there was no crossing back over the latent criminal threshold. No such thing as rehabilitation for people like them.]

Anyway, I haven't seen her yet. Heard she was here a lot while I was sleeping, but then she had to go out on some case or something.

[He shrugs. It makes sense that she's busy. She's the only Inspector left in their division now, after all. He's sure he'll see her when he sees her.]

Don't mind settling for you, though.

[He sounds affectionate, nonetheless. Even if he doesn't know how he feels about Ginoza being an Enforcer now, he's happy the man is here. No matter what changes come their way, Division One is still his home. His family.]