[ meanwhile, akechi cooperates with shido believing he's the one pulling the strings -- completely unaware he's being effortlessly played. in his own mind, though, he's the mastermind. rimshot. ]

Yes, I'm in complete agreement. It seems that we think alike.

[ little does akechi know he would have been in the same club as louis in a few months. but he does appreciate the skepticism. this man clearly isn't a sheep like most of the others he's met are -- he thinks for himself. and he's not interested in being used by horrible adults. that's like, 1 point of approval. ]

[ but yeah, even for a guy from a world where the metaverse and cognitive versions exist, where he has his own mythological figure as a persona, this is pretty wild. almost too wild to make up. ]

So you are a Revenant, then? And you have a parasite forming a symbiotic connection with you, keeping you both alive...? Is that what I'm to understand?

[ just getting the facts ]