[And wow is that a sore spot and wow does it show. He looks grumpy enough even when he's not. When something touches a nerve like this, he tends to look downright scary. He's very keenly aware that Shotaro was moved up within the system while he was pushed as far down as management could pull off without it looking suspicious. He'd even made his desire to go solo or cut the band down to a duo or trio quite clear, but instead they'd shuffled him off to be a background musician in one of the most niche groups on the label. There really aren't publicly acceptable words for how deeply he resents it.]
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[And wow is that a sore spot and wow does it show. He looks grumpy enough even when he's not. When something touches a nerve like this, he tends to look downright scary. He's very keenly aware that Shotaro was moved up within the system while he was pushed as far down as management could pull off without it looking suspicious. He'd even made his desire to go solo or cut the band down to a duo or trio quite clear, but instead they'd shuffled him off to be a background musician in one of the most niche groups on the label. There really aren't publicly acceptable words for how deeply he resents it.]