[ Oh, how should he put this... He ruffles a hand back through his hair now that it's already mussed, going to collect the half-burnt down cigarette from the ashtray. He paces over to the window to open it and blow the smoke out there. ]

'Normal' would be something like... sneaking out past my own bodyguards, picking someone up at a bar, sleeping with them once, and then never seeing or hearing from them again.

[ He's gone against what feels safe to him. So he's kept it all into manageable little boxes that can be severed individually as required. His escape plans fully fleshed out. ]

Although I do suppose that's how I met Ogata. I was in hiding in his pent house for a few years.

[ So his longest relationship was only facilitated because the Omi were trying to assassinate him? Is this only working because Malachite has kidnapped all of them? He makes a soft noise of discontent. ]