Right. So... well, keeping positive relationships no matter what is important to me, you know? I'm trying to get there with as little lying as possible now, at least.
If you're sure... just don't get hurt. Maybe being around everyone here has given her some kind of change of heart, but she's not the kind of person I'd see you getting along with normally, Sen-chan.
... well, she reminds me of Hari. [and senri just snorts faintly] The Prime Minister's perfect son that I told you about. Apparently she's in a position like that too.
Hari always has to be perfect. He was born on the first day of the first month of the year - and one minute. So he's still number one in everything. It's kind of crazy? He was so annoying and hard to get along with at first because he was so haughty, and would treat people like servants just because they looked like they were of a lower class than him.
But... well, he didn't have friends, so he never got to learn.
Bambi reminds me of him a lot - good intentions, kind of weird execution because she's in a different world from everyone else.
Yeesh, you really are one of the nicest people I've ever met.
[except for, like, piety]
I mean, there's a chance you aren't wrong. [it's true, because he's able to say it] A strong chance, even. If people like you have been spending more time with her than Disorder and Cunning have...
[he shrugs]
She's young. She can still learn. But, like, you've got fourteen years of bad behavior to overcome with her. I think most people who knew her in her world gave up on her.
[senri pauses at that and admittedly hesitates because - ]
No, that's not... I'm not...
[he's not nice? he's really not. senri is actually painfully aware that he's pretty bitchy and mean on the inside, it's why he has to work so hard to cultivate good first impressions where he smothers all of his rude comments. hearing that from sincerity of all people....]
.... I guess I've just known what it's felt like - to not have anyone care about what became of you.
I just don't want anyone else to feel that way - because it can be hard to like any world, if you think you're by yourself in it.
Yeah, you are. It's easy to be nice to people when it's second nature, but not so easy to do it when you struggle with it. Treating people nicely and trying to be considerate of them that way even when it's not easy?
Dude, are you joking? Being nice to people is a struggle. Sometimes people are just begging to be made fun of.
[it's the truth... so he'll say it...]
You just gotta remember that deep down everyone's... well, a person. So, yeah, tease 'em about being all about the jellyfish or the trains or the old men or the Three Kingdoms or the kimono or whatever all you want, but that doesn't change the fact that they're unique. And it might be a little weird, but it's not entirely a bad thing either.
... yeah. I guess that's true. Every god I talk to... it feels like that. Like we connect, even though I didn't think we'd be able to because they seem so different from me.... Sometimes people really are simple.
People are just like that. We're all made up of a billion different things, so while it might seem like we don't have a lot in common, deep down, there's common points all over the place.
[...]
In some cases it's really deep down, but it's there.
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Right. Some of 'em might be willing to try if they have favorites that are on other teams.
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[this is character development?]
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Hari always has to be perfect. He was born on the first day of the first month of the year - and one minute. So he's still number one in everything. It's kind of crazy? He was so annoying and hard to get along with at first because he was so haughty, and would treat people like servants just because they looked like they were of a lower class than him.
But... well, he didn't have friends, so he never got to learn.
Bambi reminds me of him a lot - good intentions, kind of weird execution because she's in a different world from everyone else.
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[except for, like, piety]
I mean, there's a chance you aren't wrong. [it's true, because he's able to say it] A strong chance, even. If people like you have been spending more time with her than Disorder and Cunning have...
[he shrugs]
She's young. She can still learn. But, like, you've got fourteen years of bad behavior to overcome with her. I think most people who knew her in her world gave up on her.
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No, that's not... I'm not...
[he's not nice? he's really not. senri is actually painfully aware that he's pretty bitchy and mean on the inside, it's why he has to work so hard to cultivate good first impressions where he smothers all of his rude comments. hearing that from sincerity of all people....]
.... I guess I've just known what it's felt like - to not have anyone care about what became of you.
I just don't want anyone else to feel that way - because it can be hard to like any world, if you think you're by yourself in it.
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That' what it means to be nice.
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I thought that's what... [made him a liar. to tell people what they wanted to hear, even if it wasn't true. because it made them happy.
but.]
... It's probably more complicated than that....
Ah, you're too nice to me all the time, Cheri. You're the nice one....!
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I'm sure you have no trouble being nice to people at all? You seem like the kind of person who's beautiful inside and out.
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[it's the truth... so he'll say it...]
You just gotta remember that deep down everyone's... well, a person. So, yeah, tease 'em about being all about the jellyfish or the trains or the old men or the Three Kingdoms or the kimono or whatever all you want, but that doesn't change the fact that they're unique. And it might be a little weird, but it's not entirely a bad thing either.
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Cheri has eclectic friends....
[but - senri just laughs a little bit at that]
... yeah. I guess that's true. Every god I talk to... it feels like that. Like we connect, even though I didn't think we'd be able to because they seem so different from me.... Sometimes people really are simple.
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[...]
In some cases it's really deep down, but it's there.