[ There's a flash of something in Akira's eyes, then-- impossible to read and gone the second it arrives. Then his face is back to being as carefully neutral as it ever was. For a moment he's quiet. Then, rather measured and unruffled-- ]
... It's not like you to mistake parley for surrender.
[ He has no intention of ever surrendering. Surely Akechi him well enough to know that. To know that beneath his mild exterior, Akira is as stubborn and foolish and bullheaded as Akechi himself, that even drowning he'll resist and fight tooth and nail until his final breath. ]
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... It's not like you to mistake parley for surrender.
[ He has no intention of ever surrendering. Surely Akechi him well enough to know that. To know that beneath his mild exterior, Akira is as stubborn and foolish and bullheaded as Akechi himself, that even drowning he'll resist and fight tooth and nail until his final breath. ]