[An expected, appropriate response. While no part of him expected God of all people to make a disparaging or openly judgmental remark on his appearance or his request, insidious as it seemed at a glance, another part of him had expected such a response simply because the one he was speaking to was human. Little boy or not, he had social mannerisms appropriate to one who understood the direction society needed to go. This world needed kindness of a level only possible if people could essentially, statistically be considered largely good. His week of people watching made it all too clear, as if it hadn't already been established, that they were not. This was a boy with the capacity to balance caution and courtesy in a world in which caution was by far the safer investment.
But he couldn't see a Shinigami. And by this boy's reaction, it was clear that he didn't have the eyes to see Mikami's own lack of lifespan. That too was as expected. "You don't have the eyes," was a strange statement meant to be made about a year from now on Sakura TV that would become a conversation piece for a year beyond that. But Mikami intended to approach this situation with more grace than that 'other' Kira. ]
This does. [If not much else in his life did warrant the need for privacy, it didn't mean that nothing did.] There is a matter of Note about which I am humbly beseeching your exclusive audience. I do not seek to draw you from your calling longer than necessary.
[His tone was dry and flat enough that the fawning, downright pretentious formality might have in fact been sarcasm. But his low bow was stiff, demeanor formal as one speaking to a foreign dignitary or diplomat might take.
Perhaps his choice of wording was still too subtle. Mikami had one more means at hand, but he suspected that making any sudden movement to reach into his briefcase for it would finally push God--rightfully--into discretion over decorum.
While fully aware of that, the idea that the behavior he was taking was likely to draw more attention than simply saying "I come from the future and know you kill people with a magical notebook and so I'm deifying you" out loud in a relatively empty residential block hadn't quite struck him yet.]
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But he couldn't see a Shinigami. And by this boy's reaction, it was clear that he didn't have the eyes to see Mikami's own lack of lifespan. That too was as expected. "You don't have the eyes," was a strange statement meant to be made about a year from now on Sakura TV that would become a conversation piece for a year beyond that. But Mikami intended to approach this situation with more grace than that 'other' Kira. ]
This does. [If not much else in his life did warrant the need for privacy, it didn't mean that nothing did.] There is a matter of Note about which I am humbly beseeching your exclusive audience. I do not seek to draw you from your calling longer than necessary.
[His tone was dry and flat enough that the fawning, downright pretentious formality might have in fact been sarcasm. But his low bow was stiff, demeanor formal as one speaking to a foreign dignitary or diplomat might take.
Perhaps his choice of wording was still too subtle. Mikami had one more means at hand, but he suspected that making any sudden movement to reach into his briefcase for it would finally push God--rightfully--into discretion over decorum.
While fully aware of that, the idea that the behavior he was taking was likely to draw more attention than simply saying "I come from the future and know you kill people with a magical notebook and so I'm deifying you" out loud in a relatively empty residential block hadn't quite struck him yet.]