[ dw about it when his canon update rolls in he'll have other elements to make people concerned over—

Kaito follows her glance upward, nodding as if to acknowledge whatever invisible being she might be staring at. Or maybe he's just silently agreeing with her points. After all... ]

We're kindred spirits in that regard. I can't not know what happened. It's hard not to know anything.

[ After a moment, he closes his eyes and chuckles.

'Ah, fuck it.' ]

I̷ ̸d̷r̷o̶w̵n̸e̶d̴.̵

H̵o̶w̵ ̸p̵a̸t̸h̷e̶t̸i̷c̵ ̷t̷h̵a̶t̵ ̷s̶o̸m̸e̵o̸n̵e̴ ̸s̸o̸ ̴i̵n̷ ̶t̷u̶n̵e̴ ̸w̸i̶t̷h̷ ̴w̸a̷t̶e̷r̸ ̷d̵r̸o̶w̸n̴e̴d̷,̵ ̶d̵o̶n̸'̶t̷ ̴y̴o̸u̶ ̸t̷h̴i̸n̷k̶?̴

[ Kaito doesn't break his composure. Although nothing in his tone directly betrays his Shadow's brief takeover, the self-loathing remark is a bit of a sharp pivot. All he can do is sigh inwardly. ]

...I was looking for something very important, and that journey took me under the waves. Until then, I thought I could freely breathe underwater—I had discovered that fact early on after awakening to my water magic.

Well, I was wrong. So my closure ends in a lack of closure. It's a very frustrating fate for someone who can't mind his own business.