[He pauses for a moment, considering. Auron is a person he can be honest with, after all, so he wants to be very honest.]
Actually? I've been really good. [Generally speaking. He and Yako have never been on better terms, he's successfully completed a mission with a new weapon, and his plan of behaving like a smarter, more responsible Takuto is going swimmingly. The only hiccup in his life is his argument with Kaworu, but even that is tinged by the satisfaction of successfully not being in love with the boy. So, actually, things are good. This hasn't happened in a while, which is probably why he sounds a little surprised.]
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Actually? I've been really good. [Generally speaking. He and Yako have never been on better terms, he's successfully completed a mission with a new weapon, and his plan of behaving like a smarter, more responsible Takuto is going swimmingly. The only hiccup in his life is his argument with Kaworu, but even that is tinged by the satisfaction of successfully not being in love with the boy. So, actually, things are good. This hasn't happened in a while, which is probably why he sounds a little surprised.]