[For a time, Yukimura isn't sure what to say. Instead he focuses on mulling over those words, thinking of what Saitou has told him. That he's no longer human... The news surprises him, but it doesn't bother him, for reasons that he can't entirely understand. Perhaps it is because Saitou has risked so much for him, because there's too much between them that the thought of judging him for something like that...
The thought doesn't even cross his mind.
Instead, after he's thought about it for a moment, Yukimura reaches over and places a hand on Saitou's shoulder. Maybe he shouldn't, not when others could walk by at any time and see this, but-- he senses that perhaps Saitou might let him, just this once. Considering the circumstances.]
I will not ask you what happened to cause you to take that path, Hajime-dono. But I wish for you to know that the knowledge does not change anything between us. And nor will I tell anyone - that is your decision to make. And you needn't tell me anything more than this.
[Even if he doesn't entirely understand how it might have happened, it doesn't take a genius to realise that the thought of talking about it makes Saitou uncomfortable.]
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The thought doesn't even cross his mind.
Instead, after he's thought about it for a moment, Yukimura reaches over and places a hand on Saitou's shoulder. Maybe he shouldn't, not when others could walk by at any time and see this, but-- he senses that perhaps Saitou might let him, just this once. Considering the circumstances.]
I will not ask you what happened to cause you to take that path, Hajime-dono. But I wish for you to know that the knowledge does not change anything between us. And nor will I tell anyone - that is your decision to make. And you needn't tell me anything more than this.
[Even if he doesn't entirely understand how it might have happened, it doesn't take a genius to realise that the thought of talking about it makes Saitou uncomfortable.]