Toshiro
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Yaichiro smiled widely, returning the embrace of his daughter in one arm. His other arm cradled behind her head while his right hand engaged in a headpat, something the girl had gotten quite used to during her time as a youngling. Perhaps he'd overcompensated for not being told Kaoru was his child, and thus not being there for her youth, by spoiling Kazumi a bit too much during her development? She had been the first child he had the opportunity to help 'raise', after all. He couldn't find fault with the results though. "Hello, Kazumi! I'm happy to see you too. Are you doing well? Given that you're one of the few who isn't absolutely soaked right off the bat, I'm guessing that you've been behaving yourself~" This was as much a tease to the other soaked people as anything else, though Yaichiro did have an impression that Kazumi was a very good girl. Or at least made sure he never saw her misbehaving.
His thoughts shifted a bit when Katsuko mentioned Akina. Oh, he expected her to return at some point. It was he who had protected her ST Backup hidden in that stuffed animal. Still, it was different to hear that she was present and that Katsuko intended to have...a four-way relationship? He kept headpatting Kazumi, not wanting her to think that anything was wrong. Was anything wrong? Not at this point. It meant forging a new relationship and balancing it alongside his relationship with Katsuko and his favorable—but currently less-developed—one with Eri. The concern was that Katsuko had a habit of expecting her significant others to just click with each other as well as they did with her, but Yaichiro of all people knew that such things weren't always so easy. Two people in single group had one relationship between them. Three people had three relationships. Four people had six. Katsuko's harem management difficulty had just doubled. What Yaichiro suddenly felt was the added pressure to make this work.
It took less than a second for him to respond, though it was clear that the news of Akina joining them had dominated his thoughts so much that the innuendo went largely unaddressed. "It will be interesting to talk with her and see how she feels about everything. Just my being here might require some adjustment on her part. Has she met Eri yet, or will this be the first time?" The response was kind and empathetic, but also he also carried a worry about if pounding the woman silly was a good way to introduce her to the group. Then again, she was an old-school Neko. It might well be just the ice-breaker she needed. He wouldn't know until he met her.
As far as Stiener went, he didn't want to interrupt the cyborg's new line of conversation at the moment. He could always ask later about scans or have a conversation of sorts.
His thoughts shifted a bit when Katsuko mentioned Akina. Oh, he expected her to return at some point. It was he who had protected her ST Backup hidden in that stuffed animal. Still, it was different to hear that she was present and that Katsuko intended to have...a four-way relationship? He kept headpatting Kazumi, not wanting her to think that anything was wrong. Was anything wrong? Not at this point. It meant forging a new relationship and balancing it alongside his relationship with Katsuko and his favorable—but currently less-developed—one with Eri. The concern was that Katsuko had a habit of expecting her significant others to just click with each other as well as they did with her, but Yaichiro of all people knew that such things weren't always so easy. Two people in single group had one relationship between them. Three people had three relationships. Four people had six. Katsuko's harem management difficulty had just doubled. What Yaichiro suddenly felt was the added pressure to make this work.
It took less than a second for him to respond, though it was clear that the news of Akina joining them had dominated his thoughts so much that the innuendo went largely unaddressed. "It will be interesting to talk with her and see how she feels about everything. Just my being here might require some adjustment on her part. Has she met Eri yet, or will this be the first time?" The response was kind and empathetic, but also he also carried a worry about if pounding the woman silly was a good way to introduce her to the group. Then again, she was an old-school Neko. It might well be just the ice-breaker she needed. He wouldn't know until he met her.
As far as Stiener went, he didn't want to interrupt the cyborg's new line of conversation at the moment. He could always ask later about scans or have a conversation of sorts.