[Jade's thoughts sure are straying in that exact same sort of direction about now--because a panacea bottle certainly might have been enough to counteract the poison in those collars, huh? There's a practically tangible sense of mockery in the timing of this particular delivery for a fact...
Natsuno's words right there, though, are--hm. ...........Truth be told. In any other circumstance there would have been a rather strangely long pause, about here...maybe even something like an incidental aversion of eye contact on Jade's part, momentarily, whilst circling around the proposal in the most unnecessarily evasive sort of way. --There is just a moment's strangeness here, even, in the rather odd look Jade sends Natsuno's way as he starts on that tangent--
--But then Natsuno's also having a rather distinct sort of reaction to the proximity of the holy bottle after all! Which is plenty interesting in its own right, and strong grounds all by itself for a sidetrack. (If Jade's rather all too happy to hop on it, well...that's some self-reflection for a slightly later time.) Arching his eyebrows a bit, Jade pulls the holy bottle away, and then transfers it to a further hand outright, but it's very clear all around that he definitely noticed that change in expression over there.]
...Is there something wrong, Yuuki? [Not actually mocking at all, for once, and more genuinely somewhat curious, though how Natsuno decides to parse the question might yet be another matter. It's not like Jade already finds himself drawing a few ideas for answers of his own off the cuff--especially with Natsuno's open admission to not actually being human at all now being a fact kept well in mind, of late. But still, a response to a question like this can tell a lot in itself too...]
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Natsuno's words right there, though, are--hm. ...........Truth be told. In any other circumstance there would have been a rather strangely long pause, about here...maybe even something like an incidental aversion of eye contact on Jade's part, momentarily, whilst circling around the proposal in the most unnecessarily evasive sort of way. --There is just a moment's strangeness here, even, in the rather odd look Jade sends Natsuno's way as he starts on that tangent--
--But then Natsuno's also having a rather distinct sort of reaction to the proximity of the holy bottle after all! Which is plenty interesting in its own right, and strong grounds all by itself for a sidetrack. (If Jade's rather all too happy to hop on it, well...that's some self-reflection for a slightly later time.) Arching his eyebrows a bit, Jade pulls the holy bottle away, and then transfers it to a further hand outright, but it's very clear all around that he definitely noticed that change in expression over there.]
...Is there something wrong, Yuuki? [Not actually mocking at all, for once, and more genuinely somewhat curious, though how Natsuno decides to parse the question might yet be another matter. It's not like Jade already finds himself drawing a few ideas for answers of his own off the cuff--especially with Natsuno's open admission to not actually being human at all now being a fact kept well in mind, of late. But still, a response to a question like this can tell a lot in itself too...]