[Though Oda looks impassive, Dazai's words coupled with melancholy longing stir his curiosity. So when Dazai expands on the subject of Mori, Oda's genuine surprise breaks through his expression.]
—!
[The former Boss is still alive, though he's the director of an orphanage.
Then Oda's surprise shifts into perplexity.
Four years since the conflict with Mimic—Oda had personally resolved that conflict on his own, it's the reason he'd died. The last four years, the ones that followed without him, weren't as interesting as the ones before them; as in, the very same years that Oda...
What does it mean? He studies Dazai, searching for—]
... How—? [What does he want to ask here? Where does he want to begin?] —When did...?
no subject
—!
[The former Boss is still alive, though he's the director of an orphanage.
Then Oda's surprise shifts into perplexity.
Four years since the conflict with Mimic—Oda had personally resolved that conflict on his own, it's the reason he'd died. The last four years, the ones that followed without him, weren't as interesting as the ones before them; as in, the very same years that Oda...
What does it mean? He studies Dazai, searching for—]
... How—? [What does he want to ask here? Where does he want to begin?] —When did...?