Page 19 of Pandion

“That’s going to be a long story.” Kagesawa took another bite of his breakfast and chewed very deliberately.

“I’ve got time.”

There was something big, dark and difficult surrounding this topic, the way Kagesawa’s mental state became so volatile thinking about it. Trauma probably. He’d managed to cover it up surprisingly well up until the link had gone into overdrive. From the outside, there were some clues, but Harumine likely wouldn’t have known to pay attention if not for the link. If anything, Kagesawa seemed annoyingly carefree.

He grabbed his palm reader, opened up his link transcript and set it down on the table facing Harumine. It read:

Kagesawa Tsuyoshi[57d8]46-11-11

Link #01:Ayano Seimei[62d8]

Status: Expired

Link Failure, Removal Protocol Failure, Organism Replacement

Link #02:Choi Hyun-jung[23f5]

Status: Expired

Standard Removal Request, reason: personal health reasons

Link #03:Yajima Ryuga[90k1]

Status: Expired Link Failure

Standard Removal Request, reason: other

Link #04:Hashimoto Kentaro[22b1]

Status: Expired

Standard Removal Request, reason: retirement

Link #05:Shimizu Takuya[45d7]

Status: Expired

Expedited Removal Request, reason: removal from duty

Link #06:Ming Xue Lì[10z4]

Status: Expired

Linking Failure

Link #07:Kobayashi Sayaka[b5-34f7]

Status: Expired

Expedited Removal Request, reason: compatibility issues

Link #08:Ito Koji[51e9]

Status: Expired

Linking Failure

Link #09:Urano Akihiko[25d9]

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