[ It's a low blow, or it would be if it wasn't lightened suddenly to a flat joking tone. Maybe Laurent is the only person that can rise this type of humor from him now, at least without Abbie around. But with him, it is a messy outcropping on the dark monument to their intertwined lives. Also, because he's noticed just how good of a job he's done already compared to Laurent's side. Visibly, it buoys his ego, though there was no reaching the level of the young man Laurent initially met playing at being a badass. That takes more work now.
More casually, tossing a glance to Laurent himself-- ]
Aren't you worried about the second part of this thing? How're we supposed to get to know anyone if we're stuck here doing all of this work? And why...
[ But he stops himself without trying to let on. They've never talked about it, he'd never really planned on it to be honest. Laurent had heard him, and it was done.
But the question bubbles up unwarranted. Why him? And not... her? With the power the goddess clearly has, he can't help but wonder what the point is of ringing him here with Laurent. It makes no sense to Makoto, really. ]
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[ It's a low blow, or it would be if it wasn't lightened suddenly to a flat joking tone. Maybe Laurent is the only person that can rise this type of humor from him now, at least without Abbie around. But with him, it is a messy outcropping on the dark monument to their intertwined lives. Also, because he's noticed just how good of a job he's done already compared to Laurent's side. Visibly, it buoys his ego, though there was no reaching the level of the young man Laurent initially met playing at being a badass. That takes more work now.
More casually, tossing a glance to Laurent himself-- ]
Aren't you worried about the second part of this thing? How're we supposed to get to know anyone if we're stuck here doing all of this work? And why...
[ But he stops himself without trying to let on. They've never talked about it, he'd never really planned on it to be honest. Laurent had heard him, and it was done.
But the question bubbles up unwarranted. Why him? And not... her? With the power the goddess clearly has, he can't help but wonder what the point is of ringing him here with Laurent. It makes no sense to Makoto, really. ]