[he hasn't confirmed if gods can or can't lie yet.... he hasn't been sure how to ask.
so he tempers his answer just a little bit.]
.... I'm good at talking to people, you know? Or at least - I hope that I am! I hope that people can leave conversations with me smiling, and maybe with a story to take to their friends.
....
But sometimes those stories aren't true.
I wonder, would I be even better at making people smile if all our interactions were genuine? If I could be sincere?
I like you. I like Beauty and Merriment too - but I think Cheri has something that I don't, that I don't know how to teach myself, because sincerity is something you can't imitate. That's why I chose him.
[...that's a very honest answer and it's clear that it surprises them.]
You're right, you know. Sincerity gets hard to fake when you keep doing it, and Sincerity's name matches him pretty well. Do you want to be more sincere for yourself, or for other people though?
[that's a lie. he knows very well that it's both. he wants genuine relationships, he wants to be able to reach out to people, and have them reach out to him too.]
Can I ask why you want to know? Is it really just to get to know me better?
Yes. I'm sorry, maybe that was a little too personal. But I think with that answer? You picked the right god even if that doesn't mean I won't stop trying.
[There's a tinge of curiosity in their tone, and empathy.] Let me ask you something else. What does Love mean to you?
It matters on a different level than what you're thinking. Besides, right now it's anybody's game even if I plan on being the winner. [Oh honey. You have a long way to go.]
Those are all really cute ideas, but...that's not all that love is. And I think you know that. [Senri you absolute tool.]
I want you to think about that a little more. You don't have to give me an answer now, but tell me when you find one.
People...aren't always going to agree. I'd really like it if that was true, but some other gods are really going to make this tough. If everyone agreed to follow one god, I'd have everyone's allegiance already.
[There's a light laugh.] I think you could find love here, but maybe not in the way that you think. Love has a way of sneaking up on you.
That's what I was thinking too... Do you know if there's something that might be stopping them? If you win, you can grant the wishes of everyone on your team, right?
[that's what he's guessing....]
Oh, that's poetic, I like it!
[senri, a week from now, thinking taka's cute: oh i don't like it]
I'm gonna guess it's that some people think love is weak. Or they don't agree with the world I want to design. Who knows what the reasoning is? It just means we have to work harder.
[So hell if Love knows.] Sometimes morals are stronger than wishes.
[He can't see it, but there's a smile behind the mask.] The other thing? Don't be afraid of it. Love comes in a lot of different forms, too.
Yup. It becomes the world we live in and we rule after you guys go home and for us to continue building on our own.
[Oh Senri...] Some people don't like the way love looks, or how it makes them feel, or they feel like it's an obligation...I hope it's not like that for you.
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so he tempers his answer just a little bit.]
.... I'm good at talking to people, you know? Or at least - I hope that I am! I hope that people can leave conversations with me smiling, and maybe with a story to take to their friends.
....
But sometimes those stories aren't true.
I wonder, would I be even better at making people smile if all our interactions were genuine? If I could be sincere?
I like you. I like Beauty and Merriment too - but I think Cheri has something that I don't, that I don't know how to teach myself, because sincerity is something you can't imitate. That's why I chose him.
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You're right, you know. Sincerity gets hard to fake when you keep doing it, and Sincerity's name matches him pretty well. Do you want to be more sincere for yourself, or for other people though?
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[that's a lie. he knows very well that it's both. he wants genuine relationships, he wants to be able to reach out to people, and have them reach out to him too.]
Can I ask why you want to know? Is it really just to get to know me better?
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Yes. I'm sorry, maybe that was a little too personal. But I think with that answer? You picked the right god even if that doesn't mean I won't stop trying.
[There's a tinge of curiosity in their tone, and empathy.] Let me ask you something else. What does Love mean to you?
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[he tilts his head - because right now that's obviously Love.]
Mmm....
I don't know - cute dates, holding hands, someone to give you a hug when you're sad?
[HE HAS CLEARLY THOUGHT A LOT LESS ABOUT THIS but he perks up as he brainstorms anyway.]
Fairytale meetings and someone sweet that you can give your everything to!
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Those are all really cute ideas, but...that's not all that love is. And I think you know that. [Senri you absolute tool.]
I want you to think about that a little more. You don't have to give me an answer now, but tell me when you find one.
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[sincerity explained it to him with a game - and maybe senri was thinking a little too optimistically rip]
Mm, that seems... like really hopeful thinking, Lovely. [and he laughs a little] You think I could find love here somehow?
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[There's a light laugh.] I think you could find love here, but maybe not in the way that you think. Love has a way of sneaking up on you.
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[that's what he's guessing....]
Oh, that's poetic, I like it!
[senri, a week from now, thinking taka's cute: oh i don't like it]
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[So hell if Love knows.] Sometimes morals are stronger than wishes.
[He can't see it, but there's a smile behind the mask.] The other thing? Don't be afraid of it. Love comes in a lot of different forms, too.
[Suffer, binch.]
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[so that can
weigh on someone's moral conscience]
Why would I be afraid of love, though? It sounds like a dream come true. Who wouldn't want to get to experience it?
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[Oh Senri...] Some people don't like the way love looks, or how it makes them feel, or they feel like it's an obligation...I hope it's not like that for you.