Ah, aren't you? Then you have poor taste, she's a great kid.

(men are trash, says dazai osamu, also trash.

either way, at the question, he doesn't hesitate to lie. it's more common than him telling the full truth, and kotone is just like him. a mask under a mask would reveal yet another mask.)

She's fine! Ah, worried about her, aren't we? She's my mentee after all. Nothing she can't handle.