He just gives him a look at that comment. No way that hasn't been thrown his direction from the ghost, so stop playing coy, Jesper.
Though it's an obvious leap to make that mentioning something leads into questions about it, there's a moment of a sudden and intense desire to shut down the whole conversation. This is not something he wants to discuss, with anyone, and least of all with the one it's actually about.
It's a little bit like someone pointing out anything between him and Inej back home. It was meant to be a quiet, private thing, and intrusions were discouraged utterly and entirely, even from those closest to him. And this? Was a point made by someone who was, by all rights, not meant to know anything, yet knew nearly everything far faster than he should have– and it's not only speculation when Noah says things. Which is the trap Kaz keeps finding himself in with him.
A trap he doesn't actually have with Jesper. There's a lot of different ways he could ease out of this, if for nothing else other than knowing, the way he's always known, that Jesper holds a certain desperate need to stay on something close to even-footing with Kaz. He's never been above manipulating the sharpshooter when he felt it either necessary, or in his own interest.
But this isn't either of those things. It's just...awkward to talk about. Kaz isn't good with things that make him feel awkward. "I haven't exactly thought about it." Which isn't exactly true, but who is he if he isn't making a conversation like this akin to pulling teeth?
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Date: 2021-10-24 09:02 pm (UTC)Though it's an obvious leap to make that mentioning something leads into questions about it, there's a moment of a sudden and intense desire to shut down the whole conversation. This is not something he wants to discuss, with anyone, and least of all with the one it's actually about.
It's a little bit like someone pointing out anything between him and Inej back home. It was meant to be a quiet, private thing, and intrusions were discouraged utterly and entirely, even from those closest to him. And this? Was a point made by someone who was, by all rights, not meant to know anything, yet knew nearly everything far faster than he should have– and it's not only speculation when Noah says things. Which is the trap Kaz keeps finding himself in with him.
A trap he doesn't actually have with Jesper. There's a lot of different ways he could ease out of this, if for nothing else other than knowing, the way he's always known, that Jesper holds a certain desperate need to stay on something close to even-footing with Kaz. He's never been above manipulating the sharpshooter when he felt it either necessary, or in his own interest.
But this isn't either of those things. It's just...awkward to talk about. Kaz isn't good with things that make him feel awkward. "I haven't exactly thought about it." Which isn't exactly true, but who is he if he isn't making a conversation like this akin to pulling teeth?