Ken sighed, running a hand through his hair. "I might not particularly like you, but this is too much." Blunt as ever. It wasn't all to do with their shared history--Schuldig's personality just grated on Ken's nerves at the best of times.

"And here I've been working on convincing Aya to leave you and Crawford alone..." He might've managed, this morning, but the whole conversation had been such a painful clusterfuck that Ken couldn't be sure. At least he might've been misdirected.