calming starter sentences

^{“Do you want to talk about it?”}

      ^{「 烜  」            Did he really?—— No.
                                        No, he most certainly did not.
                                        He did not want to talk about anything, in general, nothing.
                                        Especially personal things. Ebisu was an extremely private
                                        person. He would never simply come out and tell someone
                                        how he felt; that was just again his personal code.
                                         
                      His eyes landed on the girl before him; simple eyes, messy hair, and
                                       her general expectations shining in those dusty brown eyes;
                                       and he truthfully wanted to run for the hills; Straight as far away
                                       from Maito Gai’s student as possible— because somehow she
                                       reminded him of his old teammate; even though they were 
                                       not a thing alike.}

           ^{He fought the urge to snort at her;} 

                     ^{❝ No—I believe I do not wish to speak about it. ❞
       He brought up a hand to brush away invisible lint from his cotton shinobi shirt.
                                 Perhaps one day she would learn about him.}

BREAK THE ICE; HAVE OUR MUSES INTERACT!

_{“ I don’t think we’ve met.”}

^「 橱 ^{」  ❝ N-No I don’t believe so either.❞}

                           ^{He would most definitely remember meeting someone
                           of that caliber. His brows sunk low over his rims and 
                           He felt a slight tremor down his spine.}

                ^{❝ Pleased to meet you.❞
                           He could only hope she didn’t hear the slight strain to his voice.}

BREAK THE ICE; HAVE OUR MUSES INTERACT!

_{“How long have you been there?”}

^{「♞ 」       ❝ H-here? How long—? ❞
                           A look of insulted incredulity crossed his feature as if 
                           he had been issued a massive blow to his pride.
                                                    {    As IF he would ever just stand around
                                                        —  especially just  watching Kakashi.  }}

    ^{➸    ❝ I was in no way just standing here if that’s what you’re insinuating! ❞
                    His brows shot up and his shoulders leveled into a flat—defensive— line. 
                                   ❝ I just—-happened…to run into you—that’s all. ❞    
    
                       ||     That was his story, and he was going to stick to
                                            it until his very last breath, or else he wasn’t
                                                  Ebisu-sensei, the one and only elite shinobi trainer.     ||}