There's really nothing that can make this situation less awkward- or at least none that Chikusa has thought of. So he's mostly surrendered himself to the silence that drags on between the two of them, fingers loosely linked together. Out of all the questions he could have expected.... The one that finally comes has him pause, blinking slowly.

Then again, it's not as if anyone has actually bothered to ask. It's only ever been "murder is bad" so far, a sentiment full of moral bullshit that grates at him.

...Well. Maybe there was a reason Ciro was friends with Asher.

"It's... a few reasons," he manages after a little bit, words slow and quiet, but just as calm as his words on the app had been. "I guess to start... I've had to do it for years now, so..." His shoulders rise up, barely recognizable as a shrug. "When something happens enough... You get used to it, don't you?"