'Siblings are weird...' this was Daiyu's only thought upon witnessing the interaction between Kou and Hikari. Of course, it wasn't the first time she witnessed strange interactions between siblings. In fact, she used to see only these sorts of things all the time. Strangely, it made it no less confusing to her. Perhaps because she'd never had anything like that relatively, she couldn't quite commiserate properly on the topic. No matter. She was content enough to observe quietly as they walked along.
In the meantime, Hikari's antics seemed to garner a decent bit of annimosity from Kou. Somehow this was exactly what she was going for. "Nii-san!~ I'm not loli bait!~" she said in a tone most demanding. All the while Daiyu looked up and gave the younger lass a general assessment. One she without a doubt kept to herself as she preferred to stay out of such things. 'You, definitely fit the profile of loli bait,' the raven haired lass thought. Still there was nothing but that same dangerous or rather deceptive light behind her eyes. As if she found this entire thing more amusing than harmful. "Still, it's too easy!~" she snickered, and with one final squeeze she let go of the lad as he stomped off. Satisfied that she'd ruffled the lad's feathers a bit, she was content to hear out his conversation about Dreyfus their apparent Blacksmith. He claimed that the blacksmith was a bit more immersed by virtue of how he acted, but he'd done right by the pair of them the first time they'd come through. "Too immersed... You think that's really a thing? Sounds like something a NEET would do..." mentioned Hikari in an off-handed way. Daiyu walked onward and had a bit of a contribution to make this time as well.
"I am not too certain about that. Those who play games and do so all the time have moments of immersion but usually can't throw themselves whole-heartedly into the experience. You play one RPG you play them all... after all," she mentioned with an unknown bit of familiarity. 'Dreyfus has a full Irish accent and all associated mannerisms... he's more method actor than shut-in, he really was awesome with us though. Did the work of crafting our weapons in exchange for some extra magisteel. The sort of deal you only make when you know the reality of the world.' Daiyu's mind was wandering around the context that she and Kou had discussed at their last dinner. What was the difference between those who were too immersed and those who weren't? "Huh? Daiyu-nee, that's almost like admitting to being a shut-in too~" Hikari teased, while poking the other lass. Daiyu wanted to argue, but couldn't really, she spent a lot of time playing video games and not a lot interacting with people outside of work and school. Knowing this Kimiko was basically a shut-in with financial prospects. This being pointed out made the lass turn her nose up the same way she would have it the commentary had come from Seriri in Atlantis. Still what Daiyu said made a certain amount of sense. Hikari wondered how many people she'd encountered that had been too immersed.