[And you honestly didn't expect him to say anything different to this, did you, Josh?]
And oh, were you? ...I can't remember seeing you like that, though. Did you look that much different from the way you look right now?
...Did the Animus take it away from you once they found out that you were able to change, or something?
[The moment Ryoji asked that, his smile faltered altogether, though. Because something didn't add up. Even if the Animus were to overlook that kind of ability at first, they... wouldn't take it away from Josh out of the blue like that sometime afterwards, right? He's never heard of something like that happening for all the time he's been here, at least... And the other still seemed to be able to change into his true form here, so it couldn't have been an issue of being too powerful, could it...
All of a sudden, Ryoji was also remembering how Joshua was actually the one who gave him the idea to go and make that deal with the Animus in the first place...]
...Joshua-senpai, did you make some kind of deal with the Animus yourself?
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[And you honestly didn't expect him to say anything different to this, did you, Josh?]
And oh, were you? ...I can't remember seeing you like that, though. Did you look that much different from the way you look right now?
...Did the Animus take it away from you once they found out that you were able to change, or something?
[The moment Ryoji asked that, his smile faltered altogether, though. Because something didn't add up. Even if the Animus were to overlook that kind of ability at first, they... wouldn't take it away from Josh out of the blue like that sometime afterwards, right? He's never heard of something like that happening for all the time he's been here, at least... And the other still seemed to be able to change into his true form here, so it couldn't have been an issue of being too powerful, could it...
All of a sudden, Ryoji was also remembering how Joshua was actually the one who gave him the idea to go and make that deal with the Animus in the first place...]
...Joshua-senpai, did you make some kind of deal with the Animus yourself?