What Izaya said was the same as Mikado's own deductions. It was either truth or insanity, and what Mikado had thought was.... "I don't think he was insane," he offered, after a beat of thought. "There was rationalizations behind what he said, and he was revealing too much for it to have been completely planned." Unless that kind of madness took over his entire personality? But Mikado honestly hadn't gotten that kind of impression from the man.
Izaya asked for the other man's name, and Mikado only hesitated briefly. Something like that was disliked on principle, and if it had been anyone else, Mikado would have said no. But Izaya was helping him, and so Mikado had no reason to do anything but agree. "He gave his name as Tolten," he replied, and there was nothing in him that felt that was a wrong move. He almost added that the man introduced himself as a knight, but held back. He had already colored Izaya's impressions enough. Mikado would prefer to know what he thought if he spoke with him. "If you say that you know me, it might make sense to him. We were trying to understand each other."
Here, there was an actual hesitation, and Mikado glanced down before asking. "...Would you tell me your conclusions if you speak to him?" Having something like that remain a mystery... Was almost torturous. Mikado would start actively seeing if some of the things spoken of held with others, but still, that fact of the original premise it had came from-- Like stated originally, Mikado wanted to know Izaya's opinion.
Izaya's expression turned to one that was almost pitying at Mikado's conclusion that his friend was sane, but he said nothing on the subject. That the man spoken lucidly and rationally didn't necessarily mean he was speaking as his true self-he'd seen that well enough just recently in Castiel's brief bout of misplaced identity (and as Venkman had so eloquently pointed out, the deluded rarely ever acknowledged that they were so). Or, the man's state of mind aside, it was also possible that the he had been knowingly leading Mikado on-that rather than forgetting himself, he could have been sharing fantasies of his own choosing. As it was, Izaya couldn't determine what kind of a person he was simply from a few small slivers of secondhand information, but the fact remained that there were more types of humans in the world than only the honest ones.
He nodded when Mikado gave the name: Tolten. Izaya noted it, already planning to seek the man out in the near future-not today, as the afternoon was wearing on and it was unlikely he had the time to arrange a meeting, but soon.
"I'll be sure to mention you," he said. Dropping Mikado's name was something he would likely do even if the boy hadn't suggested it, but he'd wait until he'd had a chance to feel the man out for himself first... The prospect of seeing even a small difference in behavior before or after bringing up another person was too exciting to ruin by bringing up their mutual acquaintance too soon. "As for sharing my findings... I can do that. It's a fair enough payment in exchange for the name, I think, so I'll let you know after I've had a chance to meet with him."
Izaya asked for the other man's name, and Mikado only hesitated briefly. Something like that was disliked on principle, and if it had been anyone else, Mikado would have said no. But Izaya was helping him, and so Mikado had no reason to do anything but agree. "He gave his name as Tolten," he replied, and there was nothing in him that felt that was a wrong move. He almost added that the man introduced himself as a knight, but held back. He had already colored Izaya's impressions enough. Mikado would prefer to know what he thought if he spoke with him. "If you say that you know me, it might make sense to him. We were trying to understand each other."
Here, there was an actual hesitation, and Mikado glanced down before asking. "...Would you tell me your conclusions if you speak to him?" Having something like that remain a mystery... Was almost torturous. Mikado would start actively seeing if some of the things spoken of held with others, but still, that fact of the original premise it had came from-- Like stated originally, Mikado wanted to know Izaya's opinion.
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He nodded when Mikado gave the name: Tolten. Izaya noted it, already planning to seek the man out in the near future-not today, as the afternoon was wearing on and it was unlikely he had the time to arrange a meeting, but soon.
"I'll be sure to mention you," he said. Dropping Mikado's name was something he would likely do even if the boy hadn't suggested it, but he'd wait until he'd had a chance to feel the man out for himself first... The prospect of seeing even a small difference in behavior before or after bringing up another person was too exciting to ruin by bringing up their mutual acquaintance too soon. "As for sharing my findings... I can do that. It's a fair enough payment in exchange for the name, I think, so I'll let you know after I've had a chance to meet with him."
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