[New lap. He's not going the way he did before, off the beaten path. Now he's with the rest of the NPC racers, swerving around them with a good amount of skill to gain some places.]
Underestimated me? [Ah, of course. He almost expected to hear that from someone, at some point.] Hahaha, perhaps. I do things that will help us all, in the end. Burn down the forest to save the trees, perhaps? That's probably not the right saying.
It's certainly not a saying that I'm familiar with, but who can say? You're a lot more deliberate than you let on, aren't you?
[ If they weren't both focused on the screen to some extent right now she'd just be beaming cheerfully up at him. That said, she still does giggle a little, softly. ]
See, we've learned something about you already. For example, you don't balk at overly played out metaphors. That says a lot about a person, don't you think?
I'm a brilliant detective. If I wasn't deliberate, I wouldn't be a good one! Haha!
[But he isn't a good one, he knows that. At least, not a good one the way people think brilliant detectives are.]
Sometimes, metaphors mean more than people think they do. [He actually turns to her, grinning.] And I think you're right. Memories are one thing, but actions and words decide a person's character, right?
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Date: 2020-06-21 05:39 am (UTC)[He seemingly doesn't seem to care.]
Maybe. But if people leave me untouched, the puzzle pieces might just build up. Better now than later, haha.
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Date: 2020-06-21 05:59 am (UTC)Going to leave us in suspense until the very end? I think I might have underestimated you. You're not an unwitting agent of chaos in the least.
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Date: 2020-06-21 06:02 am (UTC)Underestimated me? [Ah, of course. He almost expected to hear that from someone, at some point.] Hahaha, perhaps. I do things that will help us all, in the end. Burn down the forest to save the trees, perhaps? That's probably not the right saying.
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Date: 2020-06-21 06:16 am (UTC)[ If they weren't both focused on the screen to some extent right now she'd just be beaming cheerfully up at him. That said, she still does giggle a little, softly. ]
See, we've learned something about you already. For example, you don't balk at overly played out metaphors. That says a lot about a person, don't you think?
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Date: 2020-06-21 02:09 pm (UTC)[But he isn't a good one, he knows that. At least, not a good one the way people think brilliant detectives are.]
Sometimes, metaphors mean more than people think they do. [He actually turns to her, grinning.] And I think you're right. Memories are one thing, but actions and words decide a person's character, right?