[Kagari just lets out a vague tch at that answer, shifting his head to look literally anywhere else but at Ginoza. There's a weird twist in his gut at the implication of the former Inspector being worried about him. He knows that Gino was never really as cold as he acted; his relationships with Kogami and Masaoka were testament enough to that, but Kagari was different. He's not someone Ginoza knew on the other side, someone who lost his way and never came back. He was merely the trash Gino fished out of the gutter because Sybil thought he was intelligent enough to be a hunting dog.
Maybe Gino's just projecting onto him, though. Kou-chan's gone, and from what he's gathered from listening in on conversations and whispers outside his room, something happened to the old man, too. Probably related to the same Makishima incident, he assumes. It makes sense Gino wouldn't want to lose another figure in his life, one that's been a steady (if annoying) presence for the last two years.
That last part is what finally gets Kagari to sit up again. It takes him a minute before he wrangles whatever discomfort was snarled at his chest before he can finally respond.]
Yeah, neither am I.
[The first thing he did on seeing Gino was take a potshot at his new latent criminal status, after all.]
You were an Inspector, though. Akane-chan's great, but you and I both know she's kinda weird, too.
[He shrugs again, though it's more of a deliberate one this time, the casualness to it forced]
Let's be real. If you didn't decide I'd be a worthwhile attack dog, I'd still be rotting in that fucking facility.
[It's not about forgiving and forgetting. Ginoza saved his life in a way, as much as he was comfortable treating him like scum afterward. And Kagari? Kagari's always hated himself just as much as he's hated Sybil for the way he's had to live. He doesn't hold it against Ginoza in any personal way; it's just all folded into his general grudge against society at large. And now...well. Gino's in the dumpster with him. That doesn't mean he'll be exempt of any future pettiness, but Kagari's not a person who's cruel just for the sake of it, either.]
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Maybe Gino's just projecting onto him, though. Kou-chan's gone, and from what he's gathered from listening in on conversations and whispers outside his room, something happened to the old man, too. Probably related to the same Makishima incident, he assumes. It makes sense Gino wouldn't want to lose another figure in his life, one that's been a steady (if annoying) presence for the last two years.
That last part is what finally gets Kagari to sit up again. It takes him a minute before he wrangles whatever discomfort was snarled at his chest before he can finally respond.]
Yeah, neither am I.
[The first thing he did on seeing Gino was take a potshot at his new latent criminal status, after all.]
You were an Inspector, though. Akane-chan's great, but you and I both know she's kinda weird, too.
[He shrugs again, though it's more of a deliberate one this time, the casualness to it forced]
Let's be real. If you didn't decide I'd be a worthwhile attack dog, I'd still be rotting in that fucking facility.
[It's not about forgiving and forgetting. Ginoza saved his life in a way, as much as he was comfortable treating him like scum afterward. And Kagari? Kagari's always hated himself just as much as he's hated Sybil for the way he's had to live. He doesn't hold it against Ginoza in any personal way; it's just all folded into his general grudge against society at large. And now...well. Gino's in the dumpster with him. That doesn't mean he'll be exempt of any future pettiness, but Kagari's not a person who's cruel just for the sake of it, either.]
So....yeah. We're good.