[He opens his mouth to respond deliberately. Defiantly. With conviction.]
[—and then closes it again.]
[Because there's a difference between stubbornness and stupidity, between skepticism and willful ignorance. Magic is real here. That's not up for debate; it's simple fact. There's no way this entire reality was set up to fuck with him. Even his paranoia doesn't stretch that far.]
[No, the real reason he's resisting is that he doesn't like it. He doesn't think it's fair. It doesn't make sense, and it scares him, suddenly being the one without strange and unusual powers in a world just as fiercely against him as his last one was. Just as dangerous, but less comprehensible.]
[A faint frown forms between his brows, and he looks down at the deck in his hands again. Unwrapping the scarf, he focuses on the soft touch of the fabric against his fingertips. As he turns the deck over so the backs are facing him, beginning to shuffle them in a clumsy, unpracticed way, he shakes his head.]
No. I believe in it. I'm not stupid. It's just awful. [Congratulations, Akira, you get to see some petulance. This is the worst social link.]
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[—and then closes it again.]
[Because there's a difference between stubbornness and stupidity, between skepticism and willful ignorance. Magic is real here. That's not up for debate; it's simple fact. There's no way this entire reality was set up to fuck with him. Even his paranoia doesn't stretch that far.]
[No, the real reason he's resisting is that he doesn't like it. He doesn't think it's fair. It doesn't make sense, and it scares him, suddenly being the one without strange and unusual powers in a world just as fiercely against him as his last one was. Just as dangerous, but less comprehensible.]
[A faint frown forms between his brows, and he looks down at the deck in his hands again. Unwrapping the scarf, he focuses on the soft touch of the fabric against his fingertips. As he turns the deck over so the backs are facing him, beginning to shuffle them in a clumsy, unpracticed way, he shakes his head.]
No. I believe in it. I'm not stupid. It's just awful. [Congratulations, Akira, you get to see some petulance. This is the worst social link.]