[even though her picture paints her as a young teenager, he's learned enough by now that appearances count for absolutely nothing. the dismissal in her message is clear, and he almost takes it ---]
[five, ten, fifteen, thirty seconds to stare and type and delete and type and hover over the send button.]
[-- and,]
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org Why do you think it IS???
[as if she hadn't made it clear it was to be her exit (as if she hadn't... was that a compliment? he couldn't tell). if they'd been in person, he wouldn't have mustered the guts to press like that- probably-, but he couldn't let it go here...!]
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[five, ten, fifteen, thirty seconds to stare and type and delete and type and hover over the send button.]
[-- and,]
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
Why do you think it IS???
[as if she hadn't made it clear it was to be her exit (as if she hadn't... was that a compliment? he couldn't tell). if they'd been in person, he wouldn't have mustered the guts to press like that- probably-, but he couldn't let it go here...!]
[what assassin believed in fairness, anyway?]