His smile becomes much more real at that comment.

"I think I'd like that a lot. I haven't been able to spend much time with Nanami lately, either." They hadn't spoken much since that last mission together where they'd slogged through way too much mud, climbed trees, and nearly been impaled by feathers. It'd been a weird mission.

"You know, maybe sometime it'd be fun the dual wield the two of you." This is Takuto's idea of fun, actually. Nanami isn't an easy weapon to dual wield. But if she already got along with Sugata, then it would be a lot easier.