[Honestly, he would have been unsurprised by the harsher answer, simply because it would have been familiar; at the same time, he's sort of surprised that he got an answer at all.
It's optimistic, maybe. Maybe not. We'll see.]
Not forgiveness, if you'll believe that.
You haven't forgiven me back home, either. I know better than to ask you for such things.
I ask only for honesty, but I don't require complete honesty. In most cases a simple "yes" or "no" will suffice, if you aren't comfortable talking to me about it. I have no interest in using your answers against you, and there won't be any retribution if you choose to stop. I just ask that you humor me for a little while.
I'll return the favor if you ask me to, under the same stipulations.
[All right. All...right. He's just going to pause for a second before responding; the words are deliberately-chosen, but then, they kind of have to be.]
[That's easy enough; and judging by Rikki, his Zangoose who is currently draped over his lap like she owns the place, and her...well, everything, he's probably safer right now than he realizes.]
Has anyone tried to cause problems for you since your arrival? Focus your answer on physical attacks or threats, rather than hassling over the network; this place is full of that.
It's been long enough for you to reach civilization. Do yourself a favor, then, since I won't ask you to do this as a favor to me: if you're currently in one of the inns, order whatever you like from room service and charge it to the room. Don't worry about expense, and don't question why.
Bear in mind that I've promised to not use your answers against you. Move now and do it, and eat when it arrives. You'll understand then.
[The implication of what he is reading strikes him as so absurd (and quite out in left field, admittedly) that he does nothing but sit there for the next minute or so before reading the message a second time to be sure he read it right.
...look he knows you said not to question why, but-]
[The thing is, it doesn't. Not really. Even now, food still looks appetizing to some degree, but that's the extent of it anymore.
He doesn't answer back for a while, namely because he's actually doing as Tsukiyama instructs and ordering something from room service. Coffee and a sandwich of some sort. Once it's there, however, he doesn't try eating right away. He kinda watches it from the edge of his bed, still not sure what to make of what Tsukiyama is telling him to do.
[He isn't going to force the matter, however; he figures that if Kaneki sits there long enough just...staring at it (if that is, in fact, what he's doing), the chances are decent that he'll eat eventually.]
I appreciate you talking to me like this, by the way.
[That's about the gist of it, and honestly Tsukiyama is right in thinking that. Even if it goes badly, he's not going to be able to just leave it forever.
The next thing Tsukiyama says causes him to pause, his grip on his Gear tensing slightly.]
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It's optimistic, maybe. Maybe not. We'll see.]
Not forgiveness, if you'll believe that.
You haven't forgiven me back home, either. I know better than to ask you for such things.
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[That much would be obvious, he figures.
He hesitates, then sends another message.]
...but you're here to talk about something else?
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I ask only for honesty, but I don't require complete honesty. In most cases a simple "yes" or "no" will suffice, if you aren't comfortable talking to me about it. I have no interest in using your answers against you, and there won't be any retribution if you choose to stop. I just ask that you humor me for a little while.
I'll return the favor if you ask me to, under the same stipulations.
Is that all right?
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...I guess so.
Go ahead.
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Are you safe, wherever you are?
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[That's easy enough; and judging by Rikki, his Zangoose who is currently draped over his lap like she owns the place, and her...well, everything, he's probably safer right now than he realizes.]
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No, not at all.
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Have you eaten since your arrival?
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No.
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It's been long enough for you to reach civilization. Do yourself a favor, then, since I won't ask you to do this as a favor to me: if you're currently in one of the inns, order whatever you like from room service and charge it to the room. Don't worry about expense, and don't question why.
Bear in mind that I've promised to not use your answers against you. Move now and do it, and eat when it arrives. You'll understand then.
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...look he knows you said not to question why, but-]
I can't do that. You know I can't do that.
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Just humor me, Kaneki-kun.
If it really disgusts you that much, don't touch it.
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He doesn't answer back for a while, namely because he's actually doing as Tsukiyama instructs and ordering something from room service. Coffee and a sandwich of some sort. Once it's there, however, he doesn't try eating right away. He kinda watches it from the edge of his bed, still not sure what to make of what Tsukiyama is telling him to do.
Humor him? By what, making himself sick?]
I got something.
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[He isn't going to force the matter, however; he figures that if Kaneki sits there long enough just...staring at it (if that is, in fact, what he's doing), the chances are decent that he'll eat eventually.]
I appreciate you talking to me like this, by the way.
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The next thing Tsukiyama says causes him to pause, his grip on his Gear tensing slightly.]
Well...I'm humoring you. Right?
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Of course, Kaneki-kun.
A few more questions, if you don't mind. Has anyone told you how time works here, with relation to how it flows back home?
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Someone told me that...while you're here, time back home stops. It makes it like a dream that way.
If you go back, you go back to where you were before. Nothing changes.
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But you won't remember being here.
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It's still December for you, isn't it?
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It's early July for the rest of us.
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So you're from a later time.
[Which is redundant because obviously he is, but it's still strange for him to think about.]
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Do you want to know anything about it?
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...I don't know.
Is there anything I need to know?
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You survive whatever happened as a result of Aogiri Tree attacking Anteiku.
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