[ sousei & jae-ha make mistakes ]

[alttitude]

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[alttitude]

I don't know, it could be more enjoyable than you think -

[but fine fine, he'll lay off for a little bit since he thinks it's just making sousei pricklier]

But you could stand to loosen up a little. You know no one's going to murder you here.

[disilluded]

I'm not tense out of fear for my life.

[Everyone else's, maybe... but Sousei just sighs, eyes closing for a minute.]

They are distracting us. That is the point of situations like this. [With the cold.

And it's working, too.]

[alttitude]

[ . . . hm.]

Then - would you prefer we made an attempt at being productive? There's not even much to read here to pass the time.

[and he's an antsy dragon who doesn't like being unoccupied

he wants... a book... so badly]

[disilluded]

[God he'd also kill for a book. Horrible.

A book would be amazing.]

Admittedly I, too, would feel better with something to occupy myself with, but I'm aware it's a fool's errand to run around expending energy in the cold right now.

[alttitude]

As long as you realize as much, then at least you're not a fool in that regard.

[so in which regard - ]

What else should we do then? You already shot down my idea. Provide your own.

[look he's actually fairly comfortable relaxing here with sousei but he's

also easily bored]

[disilluded]

[Blargh]

... I cannot think of anything particularly productive that we can do from here.

[He admits that much.......slowly....]

[alttitude]

[ . . . Jae-ha laughs.

He actually laughs, full of amusement.]

I take back everything I said.

I found what you're bad at.

[disilluded]

[WOW..]

Excuse me?

[alttitude]

[NOPE, MOVING ON

Jae-ha turns to face Sousei and if their faces are too close that's just because they're sitting close together!]

Then let's do something not productive.

Should I show you more notes to play on the erhu? Do you have anything you can teach me?

Or let's talk about something fun.

[disilluded]

[.....]

I do not believe I would be able to move my fingers well enough to play at the moment.

[Quite frankly.]

As for teaching... most of what I know is related to my duty.

[Does that help remotely at all?

Nope.]

[alttitude]

Do you get told that you're hopeless often? Or... Ever?

[has anyone ever said that to his face]

[disilluded]

[Tenka, probably.

Kiiko, in nicer words.]

Just because I am not interested in much beyond my duty does not make me hopeless.

[alttitude]

It makes you hopeless for making it any easier at all to get to know you, or kill time without me having to do all the work.

[But whatever, Jae-ha likes talking so.]

What are your favorite foods? What do you do for fun? Do you need me to get the definition of fun for you?

[disilluded]

[Oh my god.]

... You enjoy hearing the sound of your own voice, so do not pretend otherwise.

[A beat, and:]

I know what fun is.

[God!!]

... My favorite food is karashi renkon. For fun...

[...]

I enjoy sparring, reading and collecting.

[alttitude]

[note to self: ask sanji what the fuck that food is]

What do you like to read? Collect?

[disilluded]

I will read just about anything.

[Probably not sultry romance, but:]

I enjoy expanding my horizons and learning when at all possible.

[Collect......... hm...]

And yourself? What of your hobbies?

[alttitude]

[why did he not say what he collects]

Reading, playing music, learning new things, talking to people -

But you're right. I like reading the most about places that I may never get to visit, things I might never get to see, or experience.

But ones that I hope to.

Thank you for asking.

[it was kawaii]

[disilluded]

[it was not kawaii]

...I suppose that does suit you. I suppose that is all the more reason to focus on seeing those places when you get out of here.

[A few brushes with death put things into perspective, really.]