;A; i'm sorry this is so late!! i almost didn't see it! crying.
[ a little wistful, ] because I like company, and because I think I like talking in person a lot better than over ... [ his lips purse, then he taps the communicator on his head. ] These dratted things.
[ he brightens, after that. ]
Hee, that [ the next word gets stretched out lyrically, ] and-! I wanted to see them. [ he may lie a ridiculous amount, but no sense in lying about this; his finger rises to gesture at ritsuka's ears. he badly wants to run the tip across the back of one, but refrains. miraculously. ]