[Newt waits (for a grand total of half a second because he's impatient and grumpy) and then, when nothing follows, huffs out a sigh through his teeth.]
More crap you can't tell me because of all the red tape? Whatever. Fine. It won't matter in a few weeks, anyway.
[Assuming the change really is due to his being here, that is. He can't see any other cause, but the reasoning doesn't make sense.]
You gonna try to convince me to switch teams or anything?
[Anger flashes through him and he waits a beat, expecting it to flame out quickly so he can keep up appearances. That's been the trend lately. It's the only way he can put up with Shao's condescension.
But it lingers.]
You'll be lucky to last that long.
[He regrets it as soon as it's out of his mouth, but he's not about to let that show. He's out of here. Later, Sincerity.]
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[Sincerity shrugs.]
Like how some of the others had powers and stuff that don't work here anymore. Everyone was supposed to start out on more or less the same level.
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[He says it more firmly than he means to.]
I don't have special powers or magic or whatever you want to call it. None of that's real where I come from.
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this is not a gagtag]
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More crap you can't tell me because of all the red tape? Whatever. Fine. It won't matter in a few weeks, anyway.
[Assuming the change really is due to his being here, that is. He can't see any other cause, but the reasoning doesn't make sense.]
You gonna try to convince me to switch teams or anything?
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["i'd have picked you" was a lie; why would it be true now?]
But, hey - in the last week, when I'm in the lead, feel free to swap for me so you get your wish!
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But it lingers.]
You'll be lucky to last that long.
[He regrets it as soon as it's out of his mouth, but he's not about to let that show. He's out of here. Later, Sincerity.]
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big yikes]