[It's only because he's paying close attention to the other cat does he really register and think about such a physical response. Konoe might have dismissed it as Leaks noticing something or hearing something he hadn't, but then he speaks.]
Hn. If it's nothing, why did you ask?
[Konoe will admit to himself he doesn't actually know Leaks as a person, but somehow it doesn't strike him that the magician would say unnecessary things to make conversation, like anyone else might. No, there was a reason for it, and now Konoe feels unsettled and huffy and annoyed at having to pry.]
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Hn. If it's nothing, why did you ask?
[Konoe will admit to himself he doesn't actually know Leaks as a person, but somehow it doesn't strike him that the magician would say unnecessary things to make conversation, like anyone else might. No, there was a reason for it, and now Konoe feels unsettled and huffy and annoyed at having to pry.]