he recognizes the trap for what it is, and spends a few seconds mentally charting out possible moves from this point onward. it does not take him long to conclude that it results in a lost game regardless of what he chooses from this point on, and he actually laughs, a soft exhale of sound. ）
I resign. I believe it is your turn to select the game, Viveca-san.
（ if she decides on pong, superhuman reflexes demand that they be here a while. ）
Very well. I will gather what I can for you, then.
（ he is silent a moment, to the point it seems he is almost done with the conversation at all. at length he asks her if she'd like to hear one from his world, and supposing that her answer will be yes, he will launch into a story. despite his withdrawn nature and his tendency to eschew much visible emotion, he is a natural storyteller — falling into the cadences of it easily.
it is an old folktale, one he once told to sasuke. ）
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he recognizes the trap for what it is, and spends a few seconds mentally charting out possible moves from this point onward. it does not take him long to conclude that it results in a lost game regardless of what he chooses from this point on, and he actually laughs, a soft exhale of sound. ）
I resign. I believe it is your turn to select the game, Viveca-san.
（ if she decides on pong, superhuman reflexes demand that they be here a while. ）
Very well. I will gather what I can for you, then.
（ he is silent a moment, to the point it seems he is almost done with the conversation at all. at length he asks her if she'd like to hear one from his world, and supposing that her answer will be yes, he will launch into a story. despite his withdrawn nature and his tendency to eschew much visible emotion, he is a natural storyteller — falling into the cadences of it easily.
it is an old folktale, one he once told to sasuke. ）