[Instinct takes over when Kuroko pops in. Baroona takes a step back, turning his body towards her in order to protect Misuzu. It only takes him a moment to realize that it's not necessary. It's hard to be mad when the girl poised to attack him is dressed in... lingerie. He settles down, turning fully back towards them and looking directly at Mikoto.]
I found her outside. She said she was your mother.
[Lifting her as he speaks seems to make her stir, curling further around him. There's a twitch of a frown as a hand pulls down the collar of his shirt but he deals with it. Can't spare a hand to guide her away.]
I thought she'd be safer here.
[The streets aren't any place for a drunk this late at night.]
Is that a problem?
[Meeting Mikoto straight on for that, his question asking more than what it seems to be. It's a challenge on multiple levels–is it a problem that he's there, is it a problem that he's not disguised, that he would actually want to feel normal for once? His stare is a challenge–daring her to say yes.]
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I found her outside. She said she was your mother.
[Lifting her as he speaks seems to make her stir, curling further around him. There's a twitch of a frown as a hand pulls down the collar of his shirt but he deals with it. Can't spare a hand to guide her away.]
I thought she'd be safer here.
[The streets aren't any place for a drunk this late at night.]
Is that a problem?
[Meeting Mikoto straight on for that, his question asking more than what it seems to be. It's a challenge on multiple levels–is it a problem that he's there, is it a problem that he's not disguised, that he would actually want to feel normal for once? His stare is a challenge–daring her to say yes.]