[The area near the bar was the best place for people-watching. Even if he couldn't figure out the exact chemical composition that caused each effect, you got to see the wacky shenanigans and people getting a bit too frisky. It's fun. It's the kind of fun this place encouraged, at least.]
[And, of course Aak thinks, when Fuuta's grabbed onto his wrist. The guy was like a magnet for all the annoyances of the resort. He couldn't even blame them! Fuuta was fun to mess with therefore he's probably been messed with. Yet he hasn't shambled up with the red-faced humiliation Aak's used to this place forcing on him. The attitude is different and the way he's speaking is suspicious.]
[So, of course, Aak lies.]
I saw you, I saw you, I was just getting a full picture of the place first.
[It could be extraordinarily cruel, to give someone hope that a familiar face was here and then reveal it to be deception. Whatever, whatever, it's not like he's the one who pulled the first trigger here.]
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[And, of course Aak thinks, when Fuuta's grabbed onto his wrist. The guy was like a magnet for all the annoyances of the resort. He couldn't even blame them! Fuuta was fun to mess with therefore he's probably been messed with. Yet he hasn't shambled up with the red-faced humiliation Aak's used to this place forcing on him. The attitude is different and the way he's speaking is suspicious.]
[So, of course, Aak lies.]
I saw you, I saw you, I was just getting a full picture of the place first.
[It could be extraordinarily cruel, to give someone hope that a familiar face was here and then reveal it to be deception. Whatever, whatever, it's not like he's the one who pulled the first trigger here.]
So this is where you've been hidin' out?