[Honesty chicken with two guys who would rather talk about anything but themselves... Unfortunately, Yu looks at this as a challenge. And he sure does love a challenge.
His smile tugs wider at the initial response, as well as the follow-up.]
I'd say it counts. It's not easy, reassuring people who need help. [But it's definitely necessary. Yu hasn't had years of experience with it, in the same way, but they had to do plenty of that with the kidnapping victims, after they rescued them. Even before they really became friends.]
[ charles just sort of gives a shrug in response — one that seems to mean i guess, and actually means it has always been easy for me for reasons i will not get into, but, you know! same difference.
so, with an easy smile, ] Sure, if you say it counts.
But you're not bad at this whole being encouraging thing, either. So I reckon you've got some experience with it, too, yeah?
Yu's shrug mirrors Charles's, maybe for a sense of poetic justice. Yu's a little less cagey about this particular stuff; he's just used to helping people out. It's not as deep, for him. So he takes the ball, this time, waiting for an opportunity to send it back.] I guess I do, yeah. Maybe I just have a face that makes people think I'll help them out.
[ look, there's only so much trauma that is acceptable to bring up in a conversation — that being, you know, none, which means his secrets do indeed stay his. for him, being friendly had been the only option: as a biracial, working class guy growing up in the eighties, his easygoing attitude and ease at winning people over had been his only defense, until even that hadn't saved him.
the comment makes him take a more careful look at yu, almost exaggeratedly so. ]
Yeah, guess I can see it. [ he grins, then. ] And let me see — they think you'll help out and then you do?
[There's some irony in this statement; Yu has a great poker face, so he's actually not easy to read at all. That can make things a lot more fun when he's joking or generally being weird, but it's harder for him to show when he's being sincere...and harder to open up, in general. It's not even intentional at this point, really, but he's been doing it habitually for so many years that it's just hard to shake.
Doesn't make Charles' assessment less accurate, though: Yu Narukami will drop almost anything in order to help someone, at any given time.]
[ that actually makes him chuckle — but he is definitely casting a wry look at yu, because as much as charles has made it his thing, so to speak, to be good at reading people, knowing what they want out of him, knowing exactly what he should be like for each person... with yu? sometimes it's like looking at a blank wall. ]
Well, I got a suggestion, then, if you're so keen on helping people. I have some time to kill and nothing really to do, so... you got anything going on right now you can't postpone?
[Uh oh. Charles has his full attention now by way of being entirely too curious. One of these days, maybe it'll get him into trouble. (Or, well, more trouble.) As much as his expression can be opaque, seemingly when he wants it to, he's openly interested now.]
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His smile tugs wider at the initial response, as well as the follow-up.]
I'd say it counts. It's not easy, reassuring people who need help. [But it's definitely necessary. Yu hasn't had years of experience with it, in the same way, but they had to do plenty of that with the kidnapping victims, after they rescued them. Even before they really became friends.]
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so, with an easy smile, ] Sure, if you say it counts.
But you're not bad at this whole being encouraging thing, either. So I reckon you've got some experience with it, too, yeah?
[ attention: shifted. ball: over the net. ]
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Yu's shrug mirrors Charles's, maybe for a sense of poetic justice. Yu's a little less cagey about this particular stuff; he's just used to helping people out. It's not as deep, for him. So he takes the ball, this time, waiting for an opportunity to send it back.] I guess I do, yeah. Maybe I just have a face that makes people think I'll help them out.
[Which he does. Constantly.]
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the comment makes him take a more careful look at yu, almost exaggeratedly so. ]
Yeah, guess I can see it. [ he grins, then. ] And let me see — they think you'll help out and then you do?
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Guess I'm just that easy to read, huh?
[There's some irony in this statement; Yu has a great poker face, so he's actually not easy to read at all. That can make things a lot more fun when he's joking or generally being weird, but it's harder for him to show when he's being sincere...and harder to open up, in general. It's not even intentional at this point, really, but he's been doing it habitually for so many years that it's just hard to shake.
Doesn't make Charles' assessment less accurate, though: Yu Narukami will drop almost anything in order to help someone, at any given time.]
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[ that actually makes him chuckle — but he is definitely casting a wry look at yu, because as much as charles has made it his thing, so to speak, to be good at reading people, knowing what they want out of him, knowing exactly what he should be like for each person... with yu? sometimes it's like looking at a blank wall. ]
Well, I got a suggestion, then, if you're so keen on helping people. I have some time to kill and nothing really to do, so... you got anything going on right now you can't postpone?
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[Uh oh. Charles has his full attention now by way of being entirely too curious. One of these days, maybe it'll get him into trouble. (Or, well, more trouble.) As much as his expression can be opaque, seemingly when he wants it to, he's openly interested now.]
I've got time. What do you have in mind?