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[On some level, Noctis thinks Harada should have been granted more height. It seems a little strange, having him there at his back with his chin over his shoulder, looking right down - but Noct tips his head down to watch his hands work, eventually tying the whole thing closed.]

Why is it so complicated? Why couldn't you guys just invent a different knot that holds tight? Use fishing knots, they work great. [Even as his hands raise to feel the whole thing up, Noctis outright pouts - because he has to practice it now.]

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Fishing knots?

[Truth be told, Sano knows next to nothing about fishing, let alone how to tie any specific knots relevant to the profession. But he laughs, genuinely amused.]

Oh, no, no, no. That wouldn't do at all. See, you want a practical knot, sure, something to hold you all together, but it's gotta look good, too.

[Then he reaches across Noctis' front to tuck his right thumb into the obi at Noctis' left hip, and tucks his left thumb inside at his right hip. And, seemingly without a problem, he twists the obi around so the knot is in the back.]

It's about a good impression. Anyone can tie a simple knot, but it takes real skill to make it into art.

[Sano keeps his hands at Noctis' hips, lingering perhaps for a moment too long, but then steps away.]

Or maybe that's just something my father told me once, I don't remember.

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Trust me, fishing knots can look good. Just takes an artistic flair, some skill and maybe not wanting to lose your favorite lure. [Raising his hands and setting them briefly on his obi, almost like he intends on undoing it to show him and make a point, Harada already has his thumb hooked in at his hip and is pulling the whole thing to place the knot in the back. Lingering, there's lingering happening, Noct isn't entirely oblivious about it - but reading anything more into it than idly thinking that Harada is warm, Noct lets the sensation pass right over his head.] Hm... guess it's something to listen to, if it was a thing your father said. [Fathers. He's not entirely sure he wants to broach that subject, with all the hundreds of little things his own father has said over the years. Noct ends up staring quietly into the mirror anyway, like he could see more than himself and Harada in the reflection. He can see it, a little, the resemblance he himself carries.]

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I'll have to take your word for it.

[Oh, but why did he bring up his father? Or just his family in general? Sano hooks his thumbs into his own hakama this time, and levels his gaze to the floor.]

Yeah, probably.

[It's not a subject he's completely against talking about, but it's definitely not something he would bring up for fun. It's not a fun story.]

I'm not always a great listener.

[He falls silent for a moment, his mind trying to latch onto anything to get the conversation back on track. His eyes glance over the knot at Noctis' back and he frowns a little, concentrating.

Maybe...]

Y'know, here's a thought.

[He reaches forward and tugs the knot undone, readying it for Noctis to use again.]

Show me one of these fishing knots. Maybe Hijikata-san would get a kick out of it.

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[Dropping his hands to catch the obi when he feels it being tugged right open, Noct looks up at him for a moment with confusion - then amusement, a realizing smile spreading on his face, before he smooths the fabric of the obi idly with his thumbs. They're going to skip this topic, that's fine by him. It's better not to think on it too hard anyway.]

I guess only a few could work, since it isn't like I've got a hole to loop anything with, but...

[Turning to face Harada instead and loop the obi behind him and then hold it tight on his left hip with his elbow, he pauses a second before looking up and gesturing with a tip of his head. Give him a hand and hold it there so he can do the rest.]

I'd usually use my teeth as the extra hold, but you see the problem I'm having.