"This is absolutely my calm face, what are you talking about... ...'son guy.'"
No, actually it's a fair observation by the teenager. He is rambling because rambling lets him not have the time to think on things such as how it really actually makes less sense that this whole thing is an elaborate performance rather than actually what it appears to be. It's too out there to be fake; afterall truth is stranger than fiction.
Not to mention the dream and the fact he woke up in a gooey crystal that was like some of those chewy candies back home with liquid sugar in the middle instead of with his head in the toilet. Though he couldn't access his powers back in that shrine, either (a kind of cave he's never seen before, mind you, despite growing up in a rural little town full of forests and mountains and plenty of cave types) it doesn't click with him since he's basically a defunct NEXT with a now usual timer of one minute for his super power—which can also be seen as practically zero.
He's little more than a guy past his prime with a refusal to give up when giving up is probably the best thing to do.
Still, he'll change the subject... sort of, anyway. His real goal is to not keep rambling in order to shake this teen off his scent. Don't perceive him, he's a Mystery with a capital 'M' okay. "Well, if you're not in charge, do you at least know someone who is charge ... of any of this place. Like even a little tiny bit?"
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No, actually it's a fair observation by the teenager. He is rambling because rambling lets him not have the time to think on things such as how it really actually makes less sense that this whole thing is an elaborate performance rather than actually what it appears to be. It's too out there to be fake; afterall truth is stranger than fiction.
Not to mention the dream and the fact he woke up in a gooey crystal that was like some of those chewy candies back home with liquid sugar in the middle instead of with his head in the toilet. Though he couldn't access his powers back in that shrine, either (a kind of cave he's never seen before, mind you, despite growing up in a rural little town full of forests and mountains and plenty of cave types) it doesn't click with him since he's basically a defunct NEXT with a now usual timer of one minute for his super power—which can also be seen as practically zero.
He's little more than a guy past his prime with a refusal to give up when giving up is probably the best thing to do.
Still, he'll change the subject... sort of, anyway. His real goal is to not keep rambling in order to shake this teen off his scent. Don't perceive him, he's a Mystery with a capital 'M' okay. "Well, if you're not in charge, do you at least know someone who is charge ... of any of this place. Like even a little tiny bit?"