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[featherduster]

too powerful

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Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[featherduster]

[ Letting him ]

I can't take kindness for granted. It's not a given.

So... I'm saying thank you, because it's what I'm feeling anyway.

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[mykidisthebest]

You're so embarrassing.

[he's touched and that's extra embarrassing. slides down into the water a little more]

Kindness isn't a given, but you should act like it is. Some people will still try to take advantage of you or double-cross you. The average person will feel like they have to respond with kindness if you act like they should be kind, though.

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[featherduster]

[ the actual problem here is the self-worth but Lethe got the spirit ]

... Alright.

I'll try to remember that.

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[mykidisthebest]

...I'll also...be nicer. I really thought you liked that kind of banter. I'm sorry for misunderstanding. I'm also sorry that Styx is more of an asshole than I thought.

[genuinely, sincerely apologetic]

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[featherduster]

It's alright. Your intentions were good, that's all that matters.

As long as I know that -- like with Styx -- it's not a problem.

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[mykidisthebest]

You should have already known that at least a month ago. See if I tell you anything important anymore.

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[featherduster]

I--

[ He does feel a little guilty. A little bit. Lethe gaslighting him masterfully ]

I never claimed I'm smart.

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[mykidisthebest]

[he still isn't mad, he's just sulking horribly]

I'll let it slide since you're not used to having friends.

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[featherduster]

[ SINKS INTO THE WATER ]

Ouch..........


[ he's right tho ]

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[mykidisthebest]

[...pats his head. fond fond fond]

It's okay. You get better at it with practice. I didn't have a lot of friends growing up either.

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[featherduster]

[ Peers up at him in open surprise ]

Seriously?

But you're so... you.

[ Probably in the normal course of conversation this would sound mildly insulting, but his emotions make it clear it's actually extremely complimentary and stuffed with admiration ]

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[mykidisthebest]

[he is kind of flattered in a weird way and also in a normal way]

Uh, thanks? It's not like I was unfriendly, but I was busy. When I started working full time I was always the youngest person at my jobs too. It's hard to make friends when everyone you know is middle-aged. So I didn't make a lot of friends until I got older.

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[featherduster]

[ He can feel the ??? as Minuet attempts to visualize what a (relatively) normal life on Earth must look like. Fucking wild. ]

I see. I'm just-- surprised. This kinda stuff seems like it comes so easily to you.

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[mykidisthebest]

[he gives a shrug that is not big enough to hide a faint sense of shame and discomfort]

It's easy with people I like! It's easier in a place like this too. There's only, what, fifty of us? There's over nine million people in Seoul alone.

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[featherduster]

[ ???? Lethe. Por que. ]

What about with people you don't like?

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[mykidisthebest]

I wouldn't be friends with people I don't like. So I'd just avoid them.

1/3

[featherduster]

[ YOU CAN JUST AVOID PEOPLE YOU DON'T LIKE? ]

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[featherduster]

[


CAN HE JUST AVOID KNIVES FOREVER???? ]

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[featherduster]

[ No, no. That's stupid. It'll never work. Knives always just finds HIM. ]

That's smart...

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[mykidisthebest]

[THAT WAS A CONCERNING ARRAY OF EMOTIONS]

...I've...had a few stalkers before...usually we can chase them off with some polite threats. I don't think that would resolve anything here, though. A proper security system would help.

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[featherduster]

[ dwbi ]

Stalkers... suitors who couldn't take a hint?!

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[mykidisthebest]

Suitors? No way. Where do you come up with this stuff. Just, uh...fans? One guy definitely couldn't take a hint though.

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[featherduster]

Stalkers are either that, bounty hunters, or insurance agents. And I don't think you're an outlaw.

How'd you get a fanbase, though? Are you famous?

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[mykidisthebest]

No...uh...well...kind of?

[radiating discomfort]

S-Class Hunters are famous since they're strong enough to clear almost any dungeon. My little brother is one of the strongest S-Classes out there, and I work with a lot of other S-Classes because of my job. I'm a monster tamer; my facility raises monsters to help Hunters clear dungeons. Pretty recently I did win a competition that probably made me pretty famous, but before that I was famous by association with my brother and my monsters.

[wait

frowns]

Insurance agents are stalkers?

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[featherduster]

Sometimes they're hitmen.

... Can you show me some of the monsters?

[ Emotionally like a golden retriever tentatively wagging tail to meet new friends ]