[ Stop he's dumb as shit... but maybe he should explain to Akki that he doesn't really go out of his way to meet people like this? Just him? Fellas, is it gay... ?

But Akira takes a peek, looking over the tallies and trying to count them. He didn't get that luxury last time, but he's at least making an attempt to have a guestimate of how many the other has before placing a hand on his arm. ]

I've tried asking a few people before, but these marks... I woke up with the ones I have, but I don't have any clue as to why they're there in the first place. [ He does, however, thanks to Joshua running his mouth like an info dump you never asked for. But his pretentious ass helped, in a way.

He taps a finger against Akki's forearm, his gaze leveled once he peers up to look at his face. ] You know how many people have died here?