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SOBA

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CHARACTER NAME

Geto Suguru

CIVILIAN NAME

Zaru Soba

TEAM

Brimstone

HOUSING NUMBER

003

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Comments

[gorb]

Ah, maybe you should tell me who Mark is so I can warn them of your ire.

[undrowned]

Debilitating lower back pain.

Anyway, Mark is aware of my idiosyncracies.

2/2

[undrowned]

- Bob. Who is not me.

fixed it

[gorb]

You're very unkind, I already have so many issues.

( Jokes? From this cult leader? It's more likely than you think. )

Sure.

So why exactly was "Bob" hesitating? You - I mean, he - don't seem easily put off.

[undrowned]

It's not that.

Maybe I just wasn't very good at explaining the situation ... although you did give me plenty to think about.

But also, it's just who he is.

[ 😮‍💨 bobby over here sweatin' beneath the LILITH gear. ]

[gorb]

You seem to make friends easily.

Why is this one so difficult?

[undrowned]

[ she thinks it over, and finally comes up with: ]

This is just my guess, but I think ... it's because he is royalty.

And therefore, has certain expectations about people, and how he ought to act around them - or how they ought to act around him.

We don't have such people in our world, so I'm very baffled by his behaviour.

[gorb]

Oh.

Just don't let him. If he has airs and graces tell him to just be normal. If he doesn't know what that is then just show him.

( Spoken like a man with Experience. )

[undrowned]

That is the goal, I suppose. I'm doing my best.

He has quite the ego. Stubborn, and stuck to his ways. But I think I'll wear him down eventually. I just have to be patient in getting to know him.

[gorb]

Rich men often do.

If you think it's worth it though, then you should.

[undrowned]

I think at the heart of it, he means well.

I guess it just communicates badly.

Thanks for your help. I know it was an odd question, but it was nice talking it out with someone.

[gorb]

It's fine. I needed the distraction.

[undrowned]

I did notice the aircraft isn't friendly to tall people.

[gorb]

Especially with an incessant gnat poking about.

( Does he mean Gojo or Maki? Maybe a little of both. )

[undrowned]

Ah ... are you being bullied?

[gorb]

A little.

Not anything I can't handle though. People just won't mind their business.

[undrowned]

You're tolerating it? No promises of death or revenge?

[gorb]

I'm not allowed to do that anymore.

[undrowned]

You were serious in carrying them out ...?

[gorb]

Who knows?

I like to be mysterious.

[undrowned]

Tell them I said to kick your seat.

[gorb]

( It's already being kicked, thank you very much. )

Do you think this plane has parachutes?

[undrowned]

[ ah ... ]

Probably? Why?

[gorb]

Debating throwing someone out.

Myself, probably. Less likely that I'll get a disapproving lecture.

[undrowned]

You can't!

You're very important to me. I won't have a lunch buddy otherwise.

Throw out your seatmate instead.