[Being caught in such a simple language trap would have been too much for the version of himself from before all of this. Even now, Chikusa busies himself with his tea.]

Simple things.

[It's muttered into the rim of his cup before he finally turns himself around, distant expressiong struggling with the heat of his face.]

Yes, you are. [So you can continue to be butthurt about that, Mukuro. But soon an addition-] Even with what I know.... My knowledge isn't enough to actually know what to hold you back from doing.

We both know that.