pc catchall for kaoru (twinsightful)

[foodbin]

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[twinsightful]

[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.

[foodbin]

Oh, I can keep the shorts? That’s generous of you.

[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.

[twinsightful]

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.

[foodbin]

Do you think they're lying, then?

[Either way...]

Pretty crazy story even if they are, though, right?

[twinsightful]

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.

[foodbin]

Do you have a lot of experience telling whether someone is lying or not?

[It's only half hypothetical at best.]

...Yeah. There's other stuff that seems weird to me, though.

[twinsightful]

Yes. [Just. Bluntly.] What other stuff are you thinking of?

[foodbin]

...First, I feel like I should say that your answer is incredibly alarming.

[twinsightful]

Oh? What about it is alarming? [Just. Pleasantly. He's aware, thanks.]

[foodbin]

Do you really need me to pinpoint why it's weird that you have a lot of practice at catching lies?

[twinsightful]

No, but I was curious what you'd say about it. That's all.

[foodbin]

I mean, basically, I guess I'd want to know why.

[twinsightful]

It's a long, boring story. I wouldn't worry about it too much. [He's definitely calling her out here.]

[foodbin]

[don't use her own evasion tactics against her wtf]

...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.]

[twinsightful]

[:)]

Maybe someday. [Doubtful!] You never really explained your thoughts on this situation. So?

[foodbin]

I have a lot of thoughts about this situation.

[...]

It'd be easier to focus them if I knew I could trust the people who are supposed to be guiding us, or whatever.

[twinsightful]

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.

[foodbin]

[She scoffs.]

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.

[twinsightful]

[...a devilish grin.]

We should try to demask them. If we sneak up on them and trick them, the hoods will have to be removed.

[foodbin]

...How likely do you think that is to work?

[twinsightful]

Well they can't possibly be glued on or anything like that. You just have to tug hard enough.

[foodbin]

You give it a shot and tell me how it goes, then.

[twinsightful]

Why me? I'm not doing this by myself.

[foodbin]

It was your idea!

[twinsightful]

Are part of a two-person plan! I am not two people!