The same could be said for learning something you have no interest in.
[look, he has to say it, because he's still trying to figure it out? sousei is a perfectionist, he figured that out very quickly, but if not for the sake of the craft then. just for the sake of being perfect? and if he didn't agree because he wanted to learn, it really was just so that jae-ha would stop fucking around and start focusing and
He suspects he might've been figured out, but if Jae-ha's not going to put words to it, then Sousei can pretend otherwise. He just huffs out a short breath, and offers the instrument back, so that he can offer up:]
Show me a simple song, if you are willing. Simply being able to handle a note or two doesn't help me much.
[Change the subject to something less embarrassing.]
anyway jae-ha plays twinkle twinkle little star, repeats it for a second round just in case it might help sousei to see and then as he thinks about it]
Either way, with a pause, he just...hums the tune to himself, more to make sure he still remembers it, and then he gives it a shot. It's...slow, as he picks out each note, carefully.
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...Regardless.
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This is a rather peculiar item to have had brought with you. Not that it does not have its own uses, but...
[In a murdergame...]
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[he's so used to having more options here
but also
he's still thinking about it]
Did you learn it just to give me something to focus on?
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STOP
SHUT UP]
No. Absolutely not. Do not be ridiculous, that would be an incredible waste of time and effort.
[You doth protest too much, Sousei.]
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[look, he has to say it, because he's still trying to figure it out? sousei is a perfectionist, he figured that out very quickly, but if not for the sake of the craft then. just for the sake of being perfect? and if he didn't agree because he wanted to learn, it really was just so that jae-ha would stop fucking around and start focusing and
that's an odd type of kindness
but it is kindness]
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Well, you must have your reasons.
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He suspects he might've been figured out, but if Jae-ha's not going to put words to it, then Sousei can pretend otherwise. He just huffs out a short breath, and offers the instrument back, so that he can offer up:]
Show me a simple song, if you are willing. Simply being able to handle a note or two doesn't help me much.
[Change the subject to something less embarrassing.]
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[but he'll spare sousei for now, cease his questioning and take the erhu back.
naturally he plays twinkle twinkle little star
because that's a classic and it's fine]
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[Simply, and easily. He will watch and learn, and he'll at least be a very, very focused student.
He doesn't like having to be told things twice, after all.
Also I cannot find when twinkle twinkle little star was brought to Japan so fuck it I give up.]
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anyway jae-ha plays twinkle twinkle little star, repeats it for a second round just in case it might help sousei to see and then as he thinks about it]
It uses... most of the notes of the scale?
I think that's why people use it to teach.
[he doesn't know
he's
winging this teaching thing]
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I see...
[Hm.]
I suppose it is sensible enough to teach with a simple rhythm like that. I will give it a try.
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You can wow people with it, I'm sure. Eventually they'll be saying 'ah? Is there nothing this man can't do?'
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[And that's perfectly sincere... he's competent enough that that happens anyway, but he doesn't necessarily want it to.]
But I have come this far, I suppose.
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[it's not something he can relate to at all, shackled as he is to want to be admired]
It sounds like a nice way to live.
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It's simply how I've decided how to live.
[He doesn't think it's impressive. It just is.
Either way, with a pause, he just...hums the tune to himself, more to make sure he still remembers it, and then he gives it a shot. It's...slow, as he picks out each note, carefully.
But... he's got the memory for it, at least.]
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Ah, your ear isn't bad either.
... that's quite unfair.
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I don't have an ear for music. It simply was an easy tune that you played for me twice.
[That's all he's got.]
Anything more complex than this would have been very difficult for me.
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[or jae-ha is just mad that he's impressed by sousei consistently :/ ]
There is something you're bad at, isn't there? Besides smiling. And socializing like a normal person.
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...Are you truly frustrated over something like that?
[He's not talking about what he's bad at?? Excuse you.]
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[yes]
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... You are frustrated that you do not think I am bad at anything.
[That's
hilarious]
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Is that what it takes, you sadist.
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[WELL.]
I do find it amusing that this is what frustrates you.
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[SO THAT'S
SOMETHING
HE'S NOT PERFECT AT]
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Yes, well. I have never claimed to be anything more than that.
[You're a mess, Jae-ha.]
Your put out expression is far more tolerable than your smug expressions. [Is Sousei a sadist...]
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anyway - ]
Shut up and play.
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