[Putting aside the strangely uncomfortable connotations of the word "rebirth" in this context - what does he know, though? Maybe he'll ask the Boss for his thoughts on the whole monster thing at a better time - this just so happens to bring to attention one other detail tends to turn a blind eye to.]
Oh, that's... Yeah, the timing's kind of different now.
[He's aware that it's different, of course. He just has to take care not to let that awareness cross paths with anything else.]
Actually, I thought they stopped too, for my first month or two. It almost felt wrong, somehow. [Barely a second after the words are out of his mouth, it occurs to Doppio that they might sound a bit strange, and he hurries to clarify:] Not bad, or anything! I just wasn't used to...
[How should he even put it?]
Having so much... time, I guess.
[Something like that. Experiencing every minute and every hour of every day in a week.]
Anyway, I guess maybe they just stopped while I was... I dunno, adjusting or something? I'm used to it, so it's fine.
[It's fine enough, really. Nothing that he wants the Boss to worry about, even if... it would be nice having his help with this particular problem again. Especially with...
It's not as if he's disregarding any potential causes for the difference. Likewise, it's not as if he's ignoring anything he would rather not think about.]
... Sometimes I'm out for about a whole week, though. Um... I guess it's harder to snap out of it on my own, huh?
[It's not as if Vinegar Doppio is used to rationalizing away things that would set off alarms in anybody else's head.]
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Oh, that's... Yeah, the timing's kind of different now.
[He's aware that it's different, of course. He just has to take care not to let that awareness cross paths with anything else.]
Actually, I thought they stopped too, for my first month or two. It almost felt wrong, somehow. [Barely a second after the words are out of his mouth, it occurs to Doppio that they might sound a bit strange, and he hurries to clarify:] Not bad, or anything! I just wasn't used to...
[How should he even put it?]
Having so much... time, I guess.
[Something like that. Experiencing every minute and every hour of every day in a week.]
Anyway, I guess maybe they just stopped while I was... I dunno, adjusting or something? I'm used to it, so it's fine.
[It's fine enough, really. Nothing that he wants the Boss to worry about, even if... it would be nice having his help with this particular problem again. Especially with...
It's not as if he's disregarding any potential causes for the difference. Likewise, it's not as if he's ignoring anything he would rather not think about.]
... Sometimes I'm out for about a whole week, though. Um... I guess it's harder to snap out of it on my own, huh?
[It's not as if Vinegar Doppio is used to rationalizing away things that would set off alarms in anybody else's head.]