I've had to build up quite a capacity for patience, I assure you.

[ You know, dealing with Akihiko's impetuousness, having to explain pretty much Everything to Aigis, Iori's... Iori-ness... etc.

Her expression shifts a little at the mention of Akihiko again. She's quiet, pensive... it's unlike her to let that perfectly composed facade slip, but she does, even if just for the briefest moment. "He really misses you." "It's not the same without you." "It was supposed to be the three of us." All things that cross her mind that she could say, that she wants to say but-

Mitsuru sighs. ]

I already told you when we were in the forest, if Akihiko arrives nobody is going to be punching anyone.

[ It's so much easier to just... not. Focus on the punching, the bad behaviour, the bit she can correct. Everything else is just complicated.

Just. Focus on the laundry. Dump another shirt in and swish it around and pretend there isn't a part of this that is painful. ]

You mentioned drying - do we even have somewhere to hang clothes after this?

[ See, she knows you're supposed to hang them up at least. ]