ITâS BEEN JUST TWO WEEKS AGO THAT HE WAS DETAINED. Taken to Cochlea and placed under strict supervision - as if the preying eyes probing at his privacy could get any worse. Having spent all that time sealed away behind quinque steel made him feel slightly lightheaded. Nightmares of corpses littering blood-soaked soil haunting him, urging him to R E A C H  O U T and dig behind his eyes to uncover the truth.
HE REMEMBERED EVERYTHING ALREADY. What else was there to unravel from the depths of his or Kanekiâs mind? The artificial half-ghoul himself couldnât answer the question, which the two of them had a lot of time trying to decipher while caged in their cell. Now... Arima had summoned him to his office, only a day after his official discharge and permit to return to work.
NOT WITHOUT A LEASH ON HIS NECK, THAT IS. It was mostly metaphorical, yet for Reaper it felt very much real. Lapped around his throat above the jugular and squeezing tight each time he dared take in a deep breath. Blinking slowly, he raised his eyes at a sharp movement that distracted him from his morbid thoughts.
IT WAS NO OTHER BUT JUUZOU, barging into Arimaâs office. Reaper clicked his tongue to himself and headed inside after him, not even bothering to close the door behind his back. He had to do it for the both of them, pushing the door without tearing his gaze away from the faces who turned their attention to the two of them. Once heâs heard the faint â C L I C K â from the metal closing the door in place, he gave a brief scan to the two.
âBy the time Iâd noticed him he was already one foot inside, Arima-san.â Reaper apologized without apologizing, avoiding all eye-contact with Mado. If he was still bitter or H U R T by their last interaction, it didnât show. His expression was devoid of any feeling, gray eyes glazed over and hollow like the gaping hole he felt in his chest.