[Okay, you first? We're already among Kenoma's seemingly (keyword, right here,) best adjusted, what else does anyone want??
His answer... Elicits a sound. It's not a scoff, but it doesn't seem completely free of something almost dismissive, either.]
Someone stoic and focused like you, having a strong sense of attachment to something back in your world? Hmm...
[As if toying with the premise in her own head.]
I hope it's not something as clichéd as settling a score?
[It's not a terribly outrageous guess. The tall dark and broody tends to be the featured character archetype of choice for quite a number of stories, and revenge IS a popular trope. Her casual guess is delivered with the usual smile he must've seen a million times by now too, as if making light of her own silly remark. He wouldn't be faulted, however, if he thought that it looks particularly off tonight.]
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His answer... Elicits a sound. It's not a scoff, but it doesn't seem completely free of something almost dismissive, either.]
Someone stoic and focused like you, having a strong sense of attachment to something back in your world? Hmm...
[As if toying with the premise in her own head.]
I hope it's not something as clichéd as settling a score?
[It's not a terribly outrageous guess. The tall dark and broody tends to be the featured character archetype of choice for quite a number of stories, and revenge IS a popular trope. Her casual guess is delivered with the usual smile he must've seen a million times by now too, as if making light of her own silly remark. He wouldn't be faulted, however, if he thought that it looks particularly off tonight.]