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[bulletcarnage]

[The audio feed kicks in sharply, but whoever has turned the thing on is silent for several seconds. The silence is followed shortly by the sound of heavy-booted footsteps pacing back and forth across a wooden surface; each step is accompanied by a soft chiming noise of something metallic, possibly loose change or a chain. When the pacing stops and

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[audio]

[kandescence]

[Obviously he doesn't have any insight to offer here. Heine already knows as much as he does. But this is one of those times when he just can't help ask about Heine's...Heine-isms.]

...Who's 'Mr Darcy'?

[audio]

[bulletcarnage]

Wait, what--? [There's a pause, and it's very likely that Kanda can imagine the 'what the hell' look Heine might have on his face on the other end of the feed.] How can you not know who Mr. Darcy? He's from your corner of the timeline. Jeeze.

[audio]

[kandescence]

[Silence. If he was there he'd be staaaaaaaaaring at you right now, Heine.]

[audio]

[bulletcarnage]

[He knows what face goes with that silence.]

... How can you not know this shit?

[audio]

[kandescence]

Che.

Just what the hell is it that you think I'm supposed to know?

[audio]

[bulletcarnage]

Wouldn't expect you to have seen the TV drama in the middle of the night when you and your buddy can't sleep and smoke-flavoured popcorn is the order of the day or anything--[You get no points for guesses there.]--but the book was from your Ye Olde times, y'know. If you missed it the point is moot.

[audio]

[kandescence]

[A beat, and then sounding genuinely perplexed, as if Heine had just mistaken him for a red-breasted woodpecker,] When the hell do you think I had time to sit around reading books?

[audio]

[bulletcarnage]

Dunno. In your 'between akuma breaks'?

[audio] In which Kanda demonstrates yet again that he doesn't understand this sense of humor thing

[kandescence]

....

My...what?

[audio] ... I thought we were making progress here :'(

[bulletcarnage]

Breaks between all your exorcism stuff. Thought that was why they brought in white-haired brats with funky arms so you could kick back, take five, and read more of the 300 pages worth Victorian-style playing-hard-to-get.

[audio] Fits and starts, m'dear. Fits and starts.

[kandescence]

Why in the hell would I want to read something like that? [He doesn't ask And why the hell would you want to watch it? But the question is pretty strongly implied nonetheless.]

[audio] Oh, Kanda :| We'll keep working on that humour thing. Honest.

[bulletcarnage]

Secret interests? Don't worry, I'm not judging you.

[audio] He might be farther along than you give him credit for, you know.

[kandescence]

[Paaaause. And then a devious glint creeps into his eyes. Look Heine, you might actually be rubbing off on him.]

What, like sitting up all night eating popcorn that reeks of cigarettes and watching people from my time period play "hard-to-get"?

[audio] Heine gives Kanda a LOT of credit. He doesn't give credit to many people!

[bulletcarnage]

[There's a moment where he doesn't say anything and it's a little hard to tell what his thoughts on that comment might be. But then his lip twitches into a smirk, showing pretty easily that he's not actually put off by Kanda's attempt to play back.] Hey, not all the people from your time period are hard-to-get.

[audio] Well don't give him too much. He's still getting caught in his own quip here.

[kandescence]

I--

What? [Paaaaause. Did Heine just imply what he thinks he implied? Kanda thinks about it. Yes, he's pretty sure that he did. For a few seconds he has absolutely no idea what to say.]

Tch.

Apparently I'm just not interested in your "Mr Darcy" and his games.

[audio] He might be... But he will improve.

[bulletcarnage]

Lucky for me.