[ Kiryu nods, writing down "Japanese. 80s? Early 90s?" ]
Wow, I'd only heard about pagers from my parents.
[ Not really the most important thing here, obviously. ]
Oh, the white-suited guy I remembered was kind of young. He had a really smug look to him, it must have been a different guy. [ He'll go ahead and write this down too. "Guys in white suits: Ken Watanabe?? + Young Asshole-looking dude." ]
Daigo? [ Had the guy on the roof said anything about Daigo? Or was that during their cage match? ] I think the eyepatch guy mentioned him, too. We were both talking about him and some kind of resort deal in Okinawa?
[ Which makes no sense but he writes that down as well. ]
[ he says it like he's trying to figure out if he has the same feeling he gets about the city with the blind girl when he says it, but it doesn't feel like it. ]
So we've got some shitty town, and Okinawa, and Kamurocho. What'd you remember about Kamurocho?
[ Yeah, Kiryu doesn't remember anything about Okinawa yet. Unless you count being called ojisan, but that's not something he's realized he has either. ]
Just kind of... landmarks, I guess? There's a big gate that lights up, and a park in the north where all the homeless people live. There were batting cages and a bowling alley and places where the buildings are so close together it's practically just an alley full of little shops.
[ Mafuyu complies, shuffling down the street behind them, but she
makes this face the entire time they walk, I don't know when I will ever get to use such a genuinely sad and disappointed icon but now they have to deal with it. ]
[ N-no, Mafuyu.... not the face... Kiryu's ultimate weakness is the suffering of children. HE'S SO WEAK!! By the time they get to the convenience store he can't take it anymore. ]
You can buy an extra candy bar if you want, Mafuyu. My treat.
[ so the eyepatch guy in question has indeed located an eyepatch but not without stares from several people at cvs who can fuck right off. also, in case you were wondering: yes, it's hard to locate them. theyre not with bandages. eyecare is near vitamins nothing in this world makes sense anymore.
he's made himself some tea but hasn't actually had any to drink. the thought process was i usually give people tea to calm them down > yeah that'll help > puts on a kettle > pours tea cup > #nailedit > proceeds to not do the most important step.
he feels bad that kiryu's taking off work to deal with this -- he hadn't wanted to concern him. which is why he hadn't led with hey kiryu so i woke up this morning and my eye was just fucking gone how are you. though, in retrospect (ha ha ha), maybe he should've waited until later.
anyway whats done is done and kiryu is over soon enough so he opens the door for him ]
Heeeeeeey.
[ i mean, it's kind of obvious. he can't hide this shit. ]
[ he's quiet and then points to where kiryu had written down daigo's name ]
I think Daigo's the boss guy. Whatever the fuck that is in Yakuza structure - 'cause he's the reason I went to jail. Dunno about shit with an Okinawa deal, though.
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