[ accidental video ]

[princedetective]

[ Naoto is sitting at a desk at, it seems, the police station, staring down at some paper or another and tapping a pen idly on the table as she reads it. Her hat has been placed aside; even so, she's still in boy's clothes and looks the part. Tap tap tap. Not normally given to fidgeting, that is undoubtedly what she is doing, but her expression is

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[ilpresto]

...Naoto?

[princedetective]

... Yes?

[ilpresto]

[...Ah, might as well go for it]

"To make an effort to be understood"?

[princedetective]

I was thinking aloud. Further, it was not something I [...] thought of.

[ilpresto]

Then... it was advice from someone?

[princedetective]

No.

[ilpresto]

Oh.

... [He's trying to think of something to say.]

[princedetective]

[ And she doesn't want to admit she was wondering about it. ]

...

[ilpresto]

[With some hesitation]

Do you want to be understood?

[princedetective]

I have never felt a particular need for it...

[ilpresto]

But do you want it?

[princedetective]

[...] One leads to the other, does it not?

You're misunderstanding, as with everyone else. Someone I know said it in reference to himself. I was merely wondering what he meant.

[ilpresto]

I don't think so? Wants and needs are two different things.

Oh. Okay.

[princedetective]

Therefore, these is no need to pursue this farther. I was unaware my communicator had turned on, at that.

[ilpresto]

Right. Sorry. [aaaaaand he's not confident enough right now to question her on anything else. >:\

[princedetective]

Hn.