[ Hidetoshi's face remains neutral and thoughtful. Having not been deeply involved in any of the resistance movements or nor a a particularly noteworthy participant in acts of rebellion, he had never followed by those units but he'd never failed to noticed when somebody (like Sephiroth or Enoch) was. It stood to reason Sephiroth would be quicker to realize things that had to do with that like the change in retrieval supervision than he would.

He taps his pencil idly against the paper for a second before scribbling a note down in the margins to remind himself later. Concerning indeed. ]

Maybe somebody else knows then. I'll ask the other members of my research team next time... [ He nods to himself. The doctor would probably know more, the teenager assumed. ]

[ Then he looks up from his attempts to remember the rest of the details, hearing Sephiroth's footsteps as he moved closer, in time to catch the slow head tilt to the side. Hidetoshi assumes it is meant to be encouraging and reacts accordingly, gesturing a little with his free hand. He doesn't know that the older man didn't know anything about the job systems. ]

Things like refilling the retrieval unit's collars, transporting materials, preparing some odd mixture in a vat... [ A pause, then a small shudder. ] ... Entertaining Ruana. More I can't guess at. There might be a correlation between the jobs they got assigned and what tasks they became aware of doing?

[ Sephiroth, you're a lazy ass who doesn't earn his keep just saying. Even Hidetoshi worked as a postal worker for a good while. ]