[at this, his emotion turns a little wary -- a little like an animal that's sizing up a threat, even though alex is clearly joking (???). it's like an ingrained instinct, that he looks at her again,]
You shouldn't, even if you could. I don't want to have to make you an enemy.
[it sounds like a threat, but the emotions here are serious,]
[alex..... the sincerity helps though, and the wariness from earlier vanishes,]
That's the only way to change anyone. [he agrees... even though he's like i will obviously not change and remain an evil kdrama villain (who hangs around teenagers who bully him)
a beat, then]
It wasn't quite the same, but I've been manipulated like that before. So I've learned not to be patient when it happens.
[ she knows next to nothing about him, so this is a little hard to conceptualize. how does a 600+ year old guy who says ominous stuff get manipulated? she doesn't doubt him at all, she just has no idea what that means.
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You shouldn't, even if you could. I don't want to have to make you an enemy.
[it sounds like a threat, but the emotions here are serious,]
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No, yeah, I think the best you can do is try to remind people who they want to be, right?
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That's the only way to change anyone. [he agrees... even though he's like i will obviously not change and remain an evil kdrama villain (who hangs around teenagers who bully him)
a beat, then]
It wasn't quite the same, but I've been manipulated like that before. So I've learned not to be patient when it happens.
[he learned to be murderous instead]
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[ she knows next to nothing about him, so this is a little hard to conceptualize. how does a 600+ year old guy who says ominous stuff get manipulated? she doesn't doubt him at all, she just has no idea what that means.
she is sympathetic, though. ]
What happened?
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You know those stories where a human saves an animal's life? And then the animal turns out to be magical and offers them a boon?
[he's smiling, but the vibe here is annoyed,]
It's like that, except nothing I do compares to that initial kindness.
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