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[She laughs harder.]

Maybe we should start calling him that too?

[That could be hilarious.]

We're from the same world. I've known Kyousuke since I was ten.

Ten?

[Whoa, that was quite some time! Er, he was supposing, anyway. This person looked around about the same age as him, so that was, what? A good six to nine years of knowing him? Why, she was the closest they had to a Hyou-Kyou Expert, here! Oh, which means... he could finally get The Answer!]

Ah, so, then, you'd know the answer to... [He looked about himself, as if expecting Hyoubu to come looming out of the jungle. He couldn't smell him nearby, so... it must be safe to ask without interruption. Content that he wasn't going to get suplexed by a frothing Hyoubu, he turned back to Kaoru, his voice sotto voce;] Like, has he always worn that middle school uniform? How old is he? Like, two hundred? And he still wears it? Does he really have a school boy fetish - not that I'm judging, like, but, I was just, curious, y'know? [Ah.] Not that I'm saying you'd be privy to his fetishes, cuz that would be weird, what with you being a tenth of his age, but, it's just been bugging me, y'know! A man's gotta know!

He's worn it for as long as I've known him. I don't know if he wore it even before that but he'd been in jail for ten years when I met him so I assume he was wearing it then too. He upgrades to a highschool uniform later and even pretends to be student council president.

[The question of age...she's not sure, but given what she does know...]

I think it's closer to a hundred? [Probably.] But, well. I'm sure it's not a fetish or anything. I mean, he does hang out with a lot of kids, and I think I've only met...[She counts them on her fingers.] ...seven members of his organization who are adults? A lot of them are my age. And, he keeps showing up around us. Um.

[She stops because, wow, all that makes him sound like a stalker and a lolicon.]

...I'm sure he doesn't mean to come across as creepy or a lolicon with weird fetishes.

[...this was raising more questions, most of them disturbing and unflattering]

Uhm, that all sounds really... suspect.

[Why, if Kazuya had heard all of this before meeting the man, he would've believed the man to be a pervert of the most terrible sort! Thankfully, he did (kind of) know him, and although he believed the man to harbour strange tastes, he was... 70% certain that the esper was not a lolicon of any sort.

...okay, maybe 50% certain, after hearing Kaoru out, but]

But, ah, I'll take your word for it that he's... not, a creepy lolicon, or something like that, even though he sounds very much like one.

I know, but it's not...that bad. Really. Mio and them really seem to like living on the Catastrophe.

[She's pretty sure his intentions towards them all are pure.

(She's also not going to mention the time Hyoubu said Minamoto was his love rival.)]

Kyousuke really is a kind person...[She sighs and scratches at her cheek.] At least, he is to us.

How do you know Kyousuke, anyway?

[Kazuya just gave Kaoru a bit of a look, but didn't comment further on the possibility of Hyoubu being a lolicon - he knew it wasn't true, but it was something to tease him with later, maybe]

Oh, I met him a while back. He sprayed me with a fire hose and, I, er... [Kaz briefly looked embarrassed] Got startled and, um, nearly broke his ribs.

[To this day he still felt a little squirm of guilt at almost cracking the guy's ribs in - even if he had been startled, it wasn't a good excuse, in his eyes]

By accident, though! Really... [Um, CARRYING ON] A-Anyway, after that, we just, y'know, hung out, I guess. I mooch food off of him from time to time, y'know, things like that. He is... [he paused, briefly] He is kind. I mean, I joke a loooot about his weirdness, and dubious tastes, and the fact that he might be a pervert in disguise, but, he's very... he's a nice person.

[One of the few, in fact, who hadn't looked at Kazuya like he was some sort of freakish monster, when he realised what his powers were and what it did to him. Even his friends back home, even they had looked at him like he was some uncontrollable beast who might bite them without warning. So it was... nice, for Hyoubu to do that, even if Kazuya never really showed his gratitude for it]

B-But don't go telling him I said that!

[What is it about powers that make people tsundere, she wonders...]

Don't worry. You secret is safe with me.

[He hasn't said it, exactly, but she knows Kyousuke. In a normal situation, no one could even 'nearly' break his ribs. Never mind that Kaoru knows Hyoubu's only ever kind to people like her and Shiho, people with powers.]

Um. You don't need to answer if you don't want to, but...do you also have some kind of special power?

Ah, well.

[Kazuya hesitated only briefly - it wasn't a fact that he actively hid, but it wasn't something that he openly stated unless pressed. This girl knew Hyoubu, and she had her own weird powers, so... okay. He shrugged his shoulders, aiming for a casual air]

Yeah, I have some. Pyrokinesis is my main thing though. [he lifted his hand, and wisps of black flames twisted from his fingers, before snuffing out] See? So, yeah, that's... it.

[Lie, but, that was all he was willing to say at the moment]

[Okay, so she's no ESP specialist like Minamoto, but she's not sure pyrokinesis is the kind of power where the user can accidentally nearly break someone's ribs...unless they were trying to play at being Mazinger Z and launch themselves at someone by making fire burst from their feet. But who would even do that...?

She's not going to point it out though. Everyone has their own reasons for hiding these things.]

So you're like Kagari? Except, you know. Your fire is black. [Well, since he's told her about his power...] Mine is psychokinesis. That's the only power I have.

Kagari? Um, I guess. [Kazuya looked openly bemused, not knowing who that was, but it cleared when Kaoru continued speaking;] Psychokinesis... that the name for the lifting and pushing things with your mind, right?

[He hadn't really encountered words like "telekinesis" or "psychokinesis" before meeting Hyoubu, so he was still unsure on the correct esper terminology of things (hell, he didn't even know the term "pyrokinesis" before meeting Hyoubu)]

That always seems like such a useful ability, y'know. I'm kinda jealous. Can't really do much with burning things.

He's one of the kids who lives with Kyousuke. He's about my age.

[She nods.] Yeah. You've seen Kyousuke use it, right? [Since you did mention it earlier.]

Ah, well. It's pretty useful, I guess, but my friend's powers are cooler. [And less likely to accidentally send someone to the hospital. Despite her recent acceptance of her powers her feelings about them are still complicated.]

Your friend...? Why, what can they do?

She's a psychometer--

[...but wait. Shiho's here and she doesn't want people to know...uh.]

Edited 2015-11-23 01:24 (UTC)

But she's not here right now!

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Sorry, for the late reply. I was sick.

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