For the most part, he's willfully not focusing on it, though he has decided
that it is OBVIOUSLY not her fault for REASONS. Some of which are rational!
Maki does not super seem like she has been allowed to make a whole lot of
her own life choices! but also he is pretty good at believing exactly what
he wants to believe, and what he wants to believe is that Maki has never
done anything wrong in her entire life.
He had basically that point with Boss before everything blew up and frankly
was even willing to get along with Oni until it became Personal, because it
was far more convenient to do so.
Which leads to the second point, which is that he has never felt like he
was losing any social currency by hanging out with her. The only person
who's called him out on it is C, and who even cares what he thinks? And at
this point he's invested enough in her he will just attempt to spin the
narrative to how he sees it.
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For the most part, he's willfully not focusing on it, though he has decided that it is OBVIOUSLY not her fault for REASONS. Some of which are rational! Maki does not super seem like she has been allowed to make a whole lot of her own life choices! but also he is pretty good at believing exactly what he wants to believe, and what he wants to believe is that Maki has never done anything wrong in her entire life.
He had basically that point with Boss before everything blew up and frankly was even willing to get along with Oni until it became Personal, because it was far more convenient to do so.
Which leads to the second point, which is that he has never felt like he was losing any social currency by hanging out with her. The only person who's called him out on it is C, and who even cares what he thinks? And at this point he's invested enough in her he will just attempt to spin the narrative to how he sees it.