[To his credit, Tsukiyama draws up a reasonable distance away; intrusive though he may be, he knows better than to get too close without announcing himself. He doesn't seem off-put by that edge to Kaneki's words, however; if anything, it centers him, refocuses him a bit.

That smile is still present, and it colors his words; there's warmth to it in contrast to Kaneki's coldness, but it's difficult to say exactly how genuine that warmth may be.]

It's easiest to say that it's been a while, for the time being.

[And if it's evasive it's not intentionally so; it doesn't answer the question, but that's due to not wanting to immediately start in with "two and a half months." That's a bit...much, he suspects, and since he normally has no gauge or filter for what can be considered "a bit much," it's safe to say that if he's seeing it as such, it's probably a bit much.]

Not to avoid the question entirely, of course - but has anyone explained the current situation?

[He imagines not; it's going to irk him slightly if someone has, really, but he'll cross that bridge when they arrive at it.]