[It was a good defense, and Dazai's awareness of the trick didn't diminish its effectiveness. It's not like he had anything other than a handful of bamboo skewers to defend himself from that.

Not that they'd come to blows if he could help it. Words were still his best weapon, and he knew Kouyou was more interested in why he was here. In this situation, Bedivere's likely intervention if things got messy was but a bonus, for all that it was a premature show of his hand.]

It's not too terrible of a change, is it? I doubt you miss any of my phone calls. [She had plenty of good reasons to distrust him while he was with the mafia. If anything, his change of allegiances made things peaceful. As far as Dazai knew, she didn't miss him and the mess that was his head.] More to the point: yes, we did receive a report about an incident that occurred here. Should I tell Kyouka-chan she has a new adoptive sibling?

[Let's pretend for now this was related to a new Ability user. How much would Kouyou confirm or deny this claim?]