[What's Kaoru doing? He's seated on the floor of the boutique with a notepad in his lap, pencil sketching across the page and also with a few scraps of fabric next to his feet. He looks up upon hearing Emma, lifting an eyebrow before replying.]
I think you're desperately in need of a new outfit.
[He knows exactly what she's asking about, but this has officially distracted him. It's hard for him to focus if he's busy eyeballing the poor quality of her clothes. (They aren't that poor, Kaoru's just. Kaoru.)]
I was in the garden yesterday and someone was trying to figure out how to make a snack out of the flowers. I can't say what people will and won't do anymore.
[He looks back at his paper then.] Stick with black. It accentuates your eyes and your waistline. Light colors on top work best for your bone structure, too. A lavender might look nice.
[There's a hint of a smile. At least her sense of humor seems to resonate with him.]
My mom's the CEO and chief designer of her own fashion company. [To explain.] I've learned a lot from her.
[A point of a pencil directed toward a light blue v-neck blouse.] That. You can keep the black shorts if you find a better pair. The cut on those is pretty bad.
That's because I'm still thinking about it. [There's honesty in that as he looks at his paper.] This whole thing sounds sort of crazy, doesn't it? "Cores of the universe" and "darkness" and stuff. That bird said it was maybe like an RPG but I didn't think he was serious.
I can think of a lot of reasons they'd lie to try and get us to cooperate, but this is almost impressive. The amount of detail for authenticity is hardly minor either.
[...] Plus the power thing is real. I haven't found a way to explain that as something normal yet.
That's sort of where I'm at as well. It's hard to know if we can trust them when they don't seem to know anything and we can't even read their expressions.
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I think you're desperately in need of a new outfit.
[He knows exactly what she's asking about, but this has officially distracted him. It's hard for him to focus if he's busy eyeballing the poor quality of her clothes. (They aren't that poor, Kaoru's just. Kaoru.)]
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What do you think I came in here to do, make myself a sandwich?
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[He looks back at his paper then.] Stick with black. It accentuates your eyes and your waistline. Light colors on top work best for your bone structure, too. A lavender might look nice.
[Is this how you make small talk? No.]
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[She blinks, glancing his way again, before:]
Oh, right. Fashion design, I remember.
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My mom's the CEO and chief designer of her own fashion company. [To explain.] I've learned a lot from her.
[A point of a pencil directed toward a light blue v-neck blouse.] That. You can keep the black shorts if you find a better pair. The cut on those is pretty bad.
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[For the first time, her voice dips towards being a little annoyed rather than just bantering, but she does pick up the blouse as she goes on.]
You didn’t answer my question, though.
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[Either way...]
Pretty crazy story even if they are, though, right?
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[...] Plus the power thing is real. I haven't found a way to explain that as something normal yet.
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[It's only half hypothetical at best.]
...Yeah. There's other stuff that seems weird to me, though.
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...I guess I can't get mad at that. Maybe I'll get the story someday, even if it's boring.
[There's a slight emphasis on that last word that implies she knows it's more interesting than he's saying.]
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Maybe someday. [Doubtful!] You never really explained your thoughts on this situation. So?
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It'd be easier to focus them if I knew I could trust the people who are supposed to be guiding us, or whatever.
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Right? Like, I can get why there are some things they don't know, but I don't know why they can't take their stupid ominous hoods off.
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We should try to demask them. If we sneak up on them and trick them, the hoods will have to be removed.
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