((Sorry for the wait! I've been on mini-hiatus for the last few days; feel free to ignore if you'd rather drop the thread!))

This was probably the oddest conversation he'd had all week. ...This was saying something, considering the types of people who were presently in Hinoto-Ri. Atsuro blinks and nods slowly to himself as Yamato expresses his distaste for things that were less than productive.

"If, uh... you don't waste your time on things that aren't useful, why are you so good at this?"