homeless; on considering havenrpg

[discernere]

It's been a while again, hasn't it?

It's nice you remembered and that you're even thinking of taking me somewhere, but does it really have to be a scary place again? I know it's been years, but the city with the giant monster was enough, you know. There has to be some place nicer.

[ . . . ]

There's nothing that's going to change your mind, is there.

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[discernere]

That's not what I meant at all and you know it. [ HUFF. ]

[extend]

Sure about that? [ a tiny smile. ] Thought you just said normal people can't make much of a difference.

[discernere]

What I meant was that in the face of, say, a Level Two Akuma there's little else we can do but be a decoy or shield and hope that's enough. Sometimes it's not.

[ but okay, he gets it and he can only smile wryly. ]

[extend]

[ it would be nice, wouldn't it, if his point stopped there.

sadly, he's not allen walker. ]

But it is, for other times. And some people'll make more of a difference than others, even if they're ordinary. Still soundin' right so far?

[discernere]

Yes, that's right. I never said that wasn't the case.

[ lavi get to it . . . ]

[extend]

Which'd be more worth savin', then: somebody trained or somebody without skills?

[discernere]

Wha— You can't compare human lives like that, Lavi!

[extend]

I can't, huh. [ this is not the face of somebody taking the debate seriously. ] Got any good reasons why not?

[discernere]

You're terrible. [ he's not even going to dignify that with an answer, have a punch in the arm instead. although it's really more of a swat, a very indignant swat!! ]

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[extend]

You're—

[ —a dreamer, an idiot, a dead man walking. the living laws that break for generals and exorcists in crystal shackles will never be less than ironclad for finder boys with open hearts and earnest smiles.

and it's none of his business, the marginal notes of the obscure dead. he wanted one particular answer; he got it.

bad bookman, no cookie. ]

[extend]

—hittin' kinda hard for a grade-schooler, aren't you?

[ ow?! ]

[discernere]

The worst. [ emphasizing that with a light shove for good measure, a casual kind of contact, unreserved.

but there's something sobering in his eyes when he looks at lavi then. it's very much the look. ]

[extend]

[ LAVI — CHARACTER MENU OPTIONS
     > accept the look
     > smoothly change the subject
     > make a face!! ]

If you're gonna punch me again, you can get it over with already.

[discernere]

I wasn't going to. [ GEESH but now he might be kind of tempted to.

except no, it's much easier to keep on watching for an uncomfortable moment. ]

Lavi, we're friends, aren't we? [ this is how you smoothly change the subject, clearly. ]

[extend]

[ blink. ]

Sure, man. Thought you knew that one.

[discernere]

[ a nod and a smile. ]

I know. Then you trust me, right?

[extend]

You're one of the most trustworthy guys I know.

[discernere]

[ pointedly: ]

So you know you can tell my anything.