( yes, it is both dismissive and optimistic, and therefore extremely annoying.
makoto looks up at dark with a positively withering glare, grateful that the man had chosen to remove his hand from his shoulder before he had decided to get a little more experimental with the blade that he had found. ironically enough, dark isn't necessarily wrong — textually he would one day figure it out and get there, but it just feels a little demeaning to be spoken to like that... )
... No, I suppose not. ( his hand lifts to the side of his neck, the pads of his fingertips lightly tracing over the careful suturing as if to check that it was still orderly despite all that had happened. ) So long as that is the characteristic that drew the comparison. And not something like... mindlessly shambling around in search of fresh brains.
( not that he would ever turn down a fresh brain, but?? he wouldn't do it mindlessly, and he wouldn't shamble. )
So, is there anything you're up to out here besides trying to give people first-degree burns?
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makoto looks up at dark with a positively withering glare, grateful that the man had chosen to remove his hand from his shoulder before he had decided to get a little more experimental with the blade that he had found. ironically enough, dark isn't necessarily wrong — textually he would one day figure it out and get there, but it just feels a little demeaning to be spoken to like that... )
... No, I suppose not. ( his hand lifts to the side of his neck, the pads of his fingertips lightly tracing over the careful suturing as if to check that it was still orderly despite all that had happened. ) So long as that is the characteristic that drew the comparison. And not something like... mindlessly shambling around in search of fresh brains.
( not that he would ever turn down a fresh brain, but?? he wouldn't do it mindlessly, and he wouldn't shamble. )
So, is there anything you're up to out here besides trying to give people first-degree burns?