[Social grease: when he isn't falling apart or trying to put someone off, he's quite good with it. There just aren't many people he cares to interact with.]

[Mm ... he'd find the idea that his journal is being watched a bit odd, given that Nisei is supposed to be restricting his surveillance to Ritsuka. Soubi wasn't told about that, but he can sense Seimei's other fighter. And erased or not, that creep would have to be very stupid to hang around here.]

Ruby, [he says, trying out your false name, and then adds,] how is it that you know about a battle I had in a deserted place in the dead of night?

[Curves an eyebrow with what appears to be polite interest. Internally, though, he's a bit confused. His approach to fighting? HIS ... what.] Oh?