[The reply is clipped, their interaction strictly formal now, although there's a comforting kind of normalcy to it. Kidou doesn't miss the change in his friend, or what it means; they're back to old, all too familiar patterns themselves now. This time there's no one giving Kidou orders of his own.
He's not sure how he feels about this. Genda's acceptance of his leadership makes some sense, but Kidou would prefer not having been given it because of what could easily be Genda's lack of trust in his own judgement. That's new.
But not unexpected.
There's nothing Kidou can do about that. It is what it is, so he'll simply be what his friend asks of him without question or potentially damaging observations. This situation could be - likely is - still very delicate, so Kidou can't risk pushing Genda with questions. All he should give is direction.]
Additionally, I'm keeping an eye out for what powers people have here.
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[The reply is clipped, their interaction strictly formal now, although there's a comforting kind of normalcy to it. Kidou doesn't miss the change in his friend, or what it means; they're back to old, all too familiar patterns themselves now. This time there's no one giving Kidou orders of his own.
He's not sure how he feels about this. Genda's acceptance of his leadership makes some sense, but Kidou would prefer not having been given it because of what could easily be Genda's lack of trust in his own judgement. That's new.
But not unexpected.
There's nothing Kidou can do about that. It is what it is, so he'll simply be what his friend asks of him without question or potentially damaging observations. This situation could be - likely is - still very delicate, so Kidou can't risk pushing Genda with questions. All he should give is direction.]
Additionally, I'm keeping an eye out for what powers people have here.