[There's no getting around it, really. He can't imagine they'd be forced to do something like that, but...he also doesn't know how "gem" culture operates. Maybe it's just something they do fairly often? Would it be considered rude or unusual not to do it?
Karamatsu shakes his head, wincing as his fingers pull roughly at his hair before he remembers they're there and gently untangles them from his bangs.]
B-but I- I wouldn't concern myself with it too much, Brother. I'm sure that was just a fluke, that's all. It probably won't happen again.
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[There's no getting around it, really. He can't imagine they'd be forced to do something like that, but...he also doesn't know how "gem" culture operates. Maybe it's just something they do fairly often? Would it be considered rude or unusual not to do it?
Karamatsu shakes his head, wincing as his fingers pull roughly at his hair before he remembers they're there and gently untangles them from his bangs.]
B-but I- I wouldn't concern myself with it too much, Brother. I'm sure that was just a fluke, that's all. It probably won't happen again.