[He waits for Elan to begin, giving him all the time he needs. Which, as it turns out, isn't that much time. The story starts out sounding typical—it sounds like Elan-kun got an offer from the kind of snake oil salesman who'd put Ibara to shame. He just wanted to make some money, but the job was shady or unpleasant or both. But as for the nature of that job...
He blinks. Then blinks again, his brow furrowing at everything from the first sentence onwards. A double? As in... a body double? And not just that, but they "changed in face"? How? With make-up, or with surgery?
He's just stupefied. His thoughts actually had been straying in a similar direction, wondering if Elan-kun was involved with some sort of politics or espionage. But he hadn't expected it to go this far. Later he'll receive another revelation about a surgically-altered body double, but we haven't reached that point in the timeline yet, so for now, he's shocked! And it shows in his widened eyes, the gentle smile wiped clean off his face.
How does he respond? There's so much to unpack in that short explanation; where should he even begin? And how does he look at Elan, now that he knows what sort of burden he's been shouldering? It's just a lot to absorb, more than he can comprehend.
But in the end, he starts small.]
So... you mean to say Elan-kun wasn't your real name? I've actually been calling you by someone else's name?
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He blinks. Then blinks again, his brow furrowing at everything from the first sentence onwards. A double? As in... a body double? And not just that, but they "changed in face"? How? With make-up, or with surgery?
He's just stupefied. His thoughts actually had been straying in a similar direction, wondering if Elan-kun was involved with some sort of politics or espionage. But he hadn't expected it to go this far. Later he'll receive another revelation about a surgically-altered body double, but we haven't reached that point in the timeline yet, so for now, he's shocked! And it shows in his widened eyes, the gentle smile wiped clean off his face.
How does he respond? There's so much to unpack in that short explanation; where should he even begin? And how does he look at Elan, now that he knows what sort of burden he's been shouldering? It's just a lot to absorb, more than he can comprehend.
But in the end, he starts small.]
So... you mean to say Elan-kun wasn't your real name? I've actually been calling you by someone else's name?
[Yep. That's the part he chooses to fixate on!]