[not again] catchall for hikage

[fishingforcompliments]

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[psychedelica]

[ Flayn gets a pass because she didn't kill him personally... even if he is still surprised she was capable of such a thing, and he's retroactively somewhat miffed she was involved in Sanji's demise. Still - with her, it's difficult to believe it was malicious at all, unless she's an even greater actor than he and Akechi. Comments like that one make it even more difficult. ]

You care too much for someone your age.

[ it's less of an insult and more of a gentle scolding. ]

[fishingforcompliments]

[...if there's anything she's expecting to hear, it's not that.

It startles her out of whatever path her thoughts were straying down - she studies him for a few moments, puzzled.]

How much is someone my age meant to care? ...or how little, I suppose.

[psychedelica]

No... It's surprising. I thought you'd be more like me.

[ he rests his chin in his hand, glancing off away from her. ]

You've probably seen the depths people can sink to. Maybe you're stronger than you look if that hasn't broken you yet.

[ blunt, as usual. ]

[fishingforcompliments]

...I do not know if strength has much to do with it.

[when the going got tough, flayn ... took a thousand-year-long nap.]

I have always been very lucky, I think. I have seen the depths people can sink to, certainly, and... I have sunk to those depths myself, but there has always been someone to help pull me out of them.

[psychedelica]

[ "damn i wish that was me" - hikage ]

Luck? [ he raises an eyebrow. ] You've got a talent for surrounding yourself with people like that, too. Don't take it for granted. Not all of us have it.

[fishingforcompliments]

[she's never thought of it as a talent before. huh...]

...but you have that talent as well, do you not? You found Belph and Stephanie...