Phone

[awhitehorse]

Hello? Inspector Nakamori? Hakuba Saguru here. I was just wondering if I could have a look at that case file again, there is something about it that is bothering me...

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[tuxedo_magician]

Um.... [ his voice trails off as he mutters under his breath. It almost sounds like he's counting. ] Two! I think.

[awhitehorse]

Two. [ So dry. ] You think.

[ Please hold while Hakuba takes a moment to cover the mouthpiece so he can whimper about parallel dimensions ]

I do not know if I should be pleased or terrified.

[tuxedo_magician]

Probably both? This is me we're talking about.

[awhitehorse]

[ SIGHS ]

Sometimes I don't even know why I bother to ask.

[tuxedo_magician]

Speaking of which, why did you ask?

[awhitehorse]

Maybe, somewhere, I hope that one day I will get actual, normal, sense out of you. [ SO DRY ]

[tuxedo_magician]

That's like looking for a unicorn, Hakuba.

[awhitehorse]

Unicorns aren't real, Kuroba. But I hold out hope for you.

...........Very very very small hope, but still.

[tuxedo_magician]

Awwwww, you flatter me.

[awhitehorse]

Well I certainly hope you are more real than a mythical fantasy beast, Kuroba.

[tuxedo_magician]

Awww, I think that's the nicest thing you've ever said to me, Hakuba.

[awhitehorse]

If you were less annoying, I might say more.

[tuxedo_magician]

You wound me. You really do.

[awhitehorse]

Somehow, I sincerely doubt that. Besides, you always bounce back.

[tuxedo_magician]

This is true. I can't deny that.

[awhitehorse]

Like a cockroach...

[tuxedo_magician]

Oi.

I heard that.

[awhitehorse]

Perhaps you were meant to. [ status quo restored ]