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You're aware that we're due for another one of those strange weekends with the temporary changes and individuals showing up out of nowhere, correct? Assuming that everything follows the usual schedule.

I'm aware. It's supposed to be at the end of this month if everything stays the same.

[He hadn't been sure what to expect the first time, and now he really doesn't know.]

I've no doubt that we can keep everything under a reasonable amount of control. However, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't somewhat concerned about Kaneki-kun.

[As usual, this hadn't even occurred to him.]

I'm not sure how to help him with that. Should someone tell him about the strange weekend?

[Banjou isn't sure about how well Kaneki and Tsukiyama are getting along, so he's well aware he might be volunteering himself. If he is, that's perfectly fine because Kaneki in distress isn't something he wants.

There's always the risk that someone is going to get hungry during one of these odd weeks.]

[Why do you think he texted you about it, Banjou-san...]

He knows it's something that happens; we've...discussed it a little, but if you want to talk to him about it I'm sure he'd appreciate that.

If something unfortunate happens during that weekend or it upsets him somehow, he's probably going to contact you. I doubt he'll want anything to do with me during that period of time, for obvious reasons.

He should be prepared for that.

It wouldn't be fair for him to wake up as a ghoul again without warning, not after he's spent so long as a human.

I'll leave it to your judgment, then, regarding what should be done.

[...]

Do you ever wonder if he would approve of what we're doing? If he were to suddenly remember everything, do you think he would be all right with it?

[The question is a bit sudden, but he can't say he cares too much about that; it's kind of been digging at him a bit, lately.]

I'll let him know. I'm not going to keep him in the dark.

[Well that's a question he didn't see coming.]

I want to hope he would. He'd understand, I'm sure of it.

I'm sure he'd understand what we're doing.

...Keep that up, and it'll start sounding like you're trying to convince yourself rather than me.

I'd like to think that too, though.

[...that was pretty obvious, wasn't it?]

I'll make sure he knows what's going to happen. At least he'll be prepared.

I'm not going to pick on you, you know.

...I do have something else to ask you, though I don't know if you'll have any more answers than I do.

[Well, that... gets him to relax a little.]

Of course. I can't promise answers, but ask away.

Did Kaneki-kun ever say anything to you about Anteiku...? Not back before everything that happened with Aogiri Tree, but more recently, just before we came here - did he ever say anything about anything strange or suspicious happening there, or about...I don't know, some sort of problem that may have arisen?

[Banjou has to think about this for a long moment.]

I don't think so. I would have remembered something like that coming up.

[There's a long pause before he sends a question.]

Does this have anything to do with that girl who showed up recently?

Ah, Hori-san. Yes, it does.

Why? Did she say something to you?

Not exactly, no. It was just obvious the two of you know each other.

I've known her for many years now.

She mentioned something about Anteku to me the other day and I found it a little strange, that's all. It's probably nothing; I just found it odd that they should come up, given that none of us have really associated with them for months now.

That's pretty strange.

I'm sure it's nothing to worry about.

[But then again, Kaneki is from months before them, so maybe...

No. He doesn't want to think about that right now.]

[...It's occurred to him, too, in some form or another.]

I'll be blunt and say that something is going to happen there eventually, and it's not anything good.

But I have no reason to think that we were involved - that is to say, it wasn't our doing. She did make it sound as though I knew details about...something or other, but I wouldn't tell her what those details were.

[Ah, so she's one of those types of people. One of Tsukiyama's information gatherers?]

There's nothing we can do about it now, is there?

...We can't, no.

It's just one of those things that's going to irritate me; forget I said anything.

[He's really not sure what to say.]

It won't help us if we ever go back without our memories, but maybe there's a way to prepare for whatever happens anyway.

I'm not sure.

[It's not meant to be comforting, exactly, but it sounds better than "we're screwed."]

[...]

It's an attack against the 20th Ward, centered on Anteiku.

It's going to be carried out by the CCG. Not Aogiri.

[...In other words, they're completely screwed no matter what they do.]

I see.

It's actually possible the outcome won't be terrible, as far as we're concerned.

[There's a pause once that's out there, however; just...give him a second, he knows...]

You don't have to tell me, I've already worked out that that's probably not something that I should have said "out loud," but the fact remains that it's true, even if it's not particularly sensitive - I wouldn't have left Kaneki-kun alone, and if something had happened to him I think my reaction would have been stronger than described. So it isn't ideal, but as far as our specific group goes, I don't have any reason to believe that anything catastrophic happened.

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