Voice-testing, homeless, you know the drill...

[leveraging]

Look, uh... mundane? I don't know what you're worried about, you've got some experience at this thing.

[ . . . what ]

No, just... run with it for a second, will you? This roleplay you're doing - you're basically just pretending you're someone else, right? And your goal is to... what, compromise people with feelings, emotions, manipulate them like putty in your hand, right?

That's really not that different from what I do. What I did before. Though, to be fair, our kind of roleplaying was far more expansive... and involved... and meant to defraud people who deserve it, but that's beside the point...

[ . . . Nate, Nate. No, I do not want to be compared to you as a conman, okay? This is different. DIFFERENT. ]

My point is, you're worrying about this more than you should be. So just... relax, take a deep breath, straighten yourself out and let me talk. It's not that hard.

And if all else fails... we've got backup plans. Use them.

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[leveraging]

Eh, just enough that we both know what we're doing.

[ Nate can only unhelpfully shrug at that. ]

Yeah, I noticed... do I really come off as this creepy to regular people?

[ read: mundanes who feel like they're in over their head ]

[npsleepy]

Yes.

[...

Wow, this might be the most sure she's sounded about anything in a while. She didn't even end that with "I think" or anything.]

[leveraging]

[ To be fair, this isn't the first time he's been told that his tendencies to mess with people is creepy in and of itself. To say nothing of his plans...

That said, he does seem to pause in thought before responding. ]

Duly noted. I'll try to tone it down a bit.

...ish.

[npsleepy]

...Are you sure you can handle that? It sounds like a challenge past your skill level.

[leveraging]

Well, I think so.

It can't be any worse than some of the other things I've done.

[ Like stealing a bunch of things. Potatoes, trains, mountains... you know. The usual. ]

[npsleepy]

What kind of things?

...

Or am I not supposed to ask?

[leveraging]

. . . Let's just say I helped people suffering through problems. I took up where the law left off, so to speak.