[Meanwhile Muraki hasn't figured out your sexual preferences yet--if you like men or women exclusively--but that didn't interest him, either. It wasn't a question of how you felt about men, or even if you've been with one before, but if you'll be attracted to him. No, they did not occur to him as one and the same. It goes without saying that his attitude wouldn't change even if you were the most blatant specimen of heterosexuality to appear in front of him and profess a passionate love for sweater kittens.

But it would be an unbelievable shame if you didn't have an open mind.

...Of course, he has to wonder if a straight man would've allowed the journal conversation to carry on the way it did, with all its implications. He doubts you're dense enough to miss that.

And he's already decided you will like it--Kyoto, that is. Your apparent patience and calm manner would compliment the old architecture and zen gardens. As far as he's seen...though he stops and finds it a bit odd that he's associating you with something almost personal to him.]

It's not a question of what building you live in, Mr. Law. That much is clear. [Unless you make a habit of hanging out on random rooftops like a superhero.] But there are several floors. And more than a few apartments on those floors, making it rather difficult to just "drop by," as you put it before. [His lips quirk around his cigarette.] Unless of course, that is your intention.

[Because you still suspect something from him, don't you?]