Eyebrow arched, he nodded in understanding of her playful yet accusing tone as she addressed the fact that he had spoken quite a few words to her. He idly remembered the last time they were together, which had been the last S-rank quest he had attended alongside Shichiro and Keita. She had asked him a similar question on his lack of speaking with others. There he mentioned that he would rather not speak as much as it tended to go against his every being, and if he were honest that was still true, however he realized that it was easier to get people to like you, or at least follow you if you were more cordial, professional, likeable, all around someone they could converse with. And as such he had deemed it appropriate to actually learn how to speak to others, at least without sounding condescending or preachy. Those were two traits that were rather difficult to unlearn if he were completely honest. Chuckling however, he returned to the real world and maintained his amicable persona. "You're not wrong. I still prefer not to talk all that often, but if I remember correctly, you like to have conversations, so I figured it was only right.
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