[His eyes widen in surprise, and it's not because she laughed. So she wasn't in Kumamoto before... this is impacting people from an area larger than the city? Likely much further than that, based on her reaction. This is bad. He doesn't know of anything that's that powerful, to have such a large range.
This entire situation suddenly feels a lot more dangerous. He takes a sharp look to either side of him, then adjusts his glasses on his nose.] Well, isn't that inconvenient.
[This is going to be harder than he thought. It's with only half his attention that he replies] Mm, I don't recognize it. Girl group? [...well, it sounds like it could be.
The gecko picks this moment to crawl from under the cuff of his jacket and across the back of his hand. For once, it could come in useful. If she's spiritually sensitive, able to see ghosts or supernatural occurrences, she can see the shadow of a small black lizard scurry around his thumb until it lies unmoving in the center of his palm; if not, she'll only see his empty hand, all five fingers spread out, when he asks] Humor me for a second? How many fingers?
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This entire situation suddenly feels a lot more dangerous. He takes a sharp look to either side of him, then adjusts his glasses on his nose.] Well, isn't that inconvenient.
[This is going to be harder than he thought. It's with only half his attention that he replies] Mm, I don't recognize it. Girl group? [...well, it sounds like it could be.
The gecko picks this moment to crawl from under the cuff of his jacket and across the back of his hand. For once, it could come in useful. If she's spiritually sensitive, able to see ghosts or supernatural occurrences, she can see the shadow of a small black lizard scurry around his thumb until it lies unmoving in the center of his palm; if not, she'll only see his empty hand, all five fingers spread out, when he asks] Humor me for a second? How many fingers?