[It's the seriousness of the situation and the lack of serious response that clues Akechi in to Akira's lack of knowledge regarding the situation. His eyebrows pinch together curiously.]
Something tells me that you're not to his tastes.
[A bit of humor.]
But that you said that at all means you're unaware of the circumstances at hand, aren't you? What caused all of this.
In the mystery that lied at the heart of it, apparently. In the cages of those who were set "free" from having to think for themselves. I never saw it for myself—circumstances never made that necessary. I could see the freedom he offered would be vicious for mankind, proof of the kinds of mindsets that would get a man like my father elected. At the heart of Mementos, the need to be ... controlled was gathered together. The true wish of humanity. It was on me to grant it, and let the world be as it always was.
[Leave to Akechi to explain it this way.]
The wish granter was that god of control. But again, why you? And why are you here at all?
... You're wrong. People deserve to be able to choose for themselves.
[ Akira looks a little bit heated as he says that-- quiet, but challenging. ]
... As for your question, I couldn't say. Why not ask him yourself?
[ From anyone else it would sound goading, but from Akira it only sounds curious. Actually, maybe it's a little bit goading. He never can resist being a little bit glib with Akechi. They always get under each other's skin like this.
But more importantly, if Akechi has a line to whatever it is that's caused this, maybe it's not too late. Maybe it can still be undone. ]
Is that so? And yet, everything that's happened with the Phantom Thieves only served to prove how easy it was to persuade society one way or another. Their attention spans were short. That's why we easily took advantage of it. [There is a hint to what he says that makes him sound—not quite contrite, that isn't the right word, but sad. Distant. Like he's stating these things because he's told himself them a hundred times before.]
Unfortunately, as you may have guessed, once a god gets what he wanted all along, a pawn can easily be discarded. [Like before. Like always, at least with him.]
I'm afraid that reaching him seems to be out of the question. [It's not like Akechi ever had access to the Velvet Room.]
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Something tells me that you're not to his tastes.
[A bit of humor.]
But that you said that at all means you're unaware of the circumstances at hand, aren't you? What caused all of this.
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... I've been trying to figure it out.
[ He sifts through all the strange things Akechi has said to him in the last five minutes. Things he hadn't known how to respond to. ]
I know some of it leads back to you and Mementos. But I'm missing a piece, aren't I?
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[Leave to Akechi to explain it this way.]
The wish granter was that god of control. But again, why you? And why are you here at all?
god sorry my life never gets less busy
[ Akira looks a little bit heated as he says that-- quiet, but challenging. ]
... As for your question, I couldn't say. Why not ask him yourself?
[ From anyone else it would sound goading, but from Akira it only sounds curious. Actually, maybe it's a little bit goading. He never can resist being a little bit glib with Akechi. They always get under each other's skin like this.
But more importantly, if Akechi has a line to whatever it is that's caused this, maybe it's not too late. Maybe it can still be undone. ]
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Unfortunately, as you may have guessed, once a god gets what he wanted all along, a pawn can easily be discarded. [Like before. Like always, at least with him.]
I'm afraid that reaching him seems to be out of the question. [It's not like Akechi ever had access to the Velvet Room.]