Reno eyed Dojima for a moment longer. And then he went to sit down on the edge of his bed again with a sigh.
"... I kept you three secret from Tseng as long as possible," he confessed, crossing his arms over his chest. "Didn't know about your hobbies outside of school at the time, but that didn't mean I figured you were helpless, neither."
He shrugged.
"You know, someone, somewhere, once said to keep friends close and enemies closer, yo. I always figured they were full of bullshit. Figured you gotta do it the other way around instead. Pull away from all of 'em, that'll solve that." A pause. "And then I tried it. An' I got in shit with the boss. And I tried it again, and you three found me anyhow off in Edge. It don't work, Doji."
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"... I kept you three secret from Tseng as long as possible," he confessed, crossing his arms over his chest. "Didn't know about your hobbies outside of school at the time, but that didn't mean I figured you were helpless, neither."
He shrugged.
"You know, someone, somewhere, once said to keep friends close and enemies closer, yo. I always figured they were full of bullshit. Figured you gotta do it the other way around instead. Pull away from all of 'em, that'll solve that." A pause. "And then I tried it. An' I got in shit with the boss. And I tried it again, and you three found me anyhow off in Edge. It don't work, Doji."