Nii-san, huh? Hilarious, that one. He should be the one calling her nee-chan, Sherry was a year older than him. He’ll take it in stride, though, as he shakes the small hand in his. Noting the hesitation, and the callouses and the bandaids; too rough for a kid who’s supposed to be a normal grade schooler. He’s not surprised. She’d always been hand in hand with the sciences, and even as a child that connection wasn’t something you could just tear away.
“Pleasure to meet you too, thanks for letting me in.” Grinning wide; idealistic police officer, perhaps, for this little on the spot cover. It’s an archetype he’d played with all too often.
Caution pulls the air taut and it’s all warping from her– Not surprising. He hadn’t bothered with a mask; she’d have recognized him first glance. (Or hopefully she had; surely he’d left a semblance of an impression on her throughout all these years in the organization, right?)
Noting that crack in the voice, falling quiet at forced childishness but him being who he is, he takes it out for a turn and rebounds the bright tone back at her.
“It’s not an interrogation, Haibara-chan–” I’m not here to black mail you–
“It’s just a casual interview session. Nothing serious, nothing official.” I’m just here to talk.
It’s one of the most blatant sentences with second meaning he’d ever said, and not that Haibara isn’t perceptive, but it’s more like he needs to be obvious in this case– or as obvious as he can be.He’s still standing; looking at the walls, the cupboards; eyes roving to places there may be bugs, but even if he didn’t spot any, he would’ve kept the persona up anyway. This little cover –Kisagawa Hisato– seems to be a bit more cheerful and positive than he usually is; hm, not bad.
“I just wanted you to confirm what happened on the Mystery Train, that day. What did you see?”
“That’s a relief..” a fake sigh, making it look like she was relaxed. Hopefully fooled him... for now.
‘It better be a damn interview session. If I find myself running away an hour or two from now I’m calling bull.’ was what came to her mind first, but some things were better left unsaid.
“Well, if you mean what happened during the really big panic. I couldn’t see much. Everyone was crowding the hallways, I had to hold on to Hakase so I wouldn’t get lost!”
She needed to sound a little bit scared of course, what was the point of acting if it wouldn’t sell?
“Then there was this explosion, I could hear my friends panicking. But I had a cold back then and I think I passed out.”
Partially true, she couldn’t remember getting off the train, but she also didn’t stick around to watch the panic.
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