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[chalicejoker]

[Hajime hates that he has to do this, but he's looking a little green and tired. And so, so very uncomfortable with what he's about to do.]

It would appear that I've gone too long without a Tether. I...need help.

[There's a pained sigh. Not because he's really starting to feel the effects--it's just a bit of nausea for now, but he knows what's coming.]

I'm a Tian, I can offer...combat training in exchange? I am...not good with people.

[He's trying his best, but it's hard. There are very good reasons he's put this off as long as he has.]

Comments

[chalicejoker]

[If Hajime looks uncertain, it is both because she's volunteered so quickly and because he is reasonably certain this is the same person who was earlier saying she would kill Link in that post he did not quite grasp the point of and merely lurked in horror.]

...just like that?

[nutbuckets]

[Geeze, everyone is so hung up on that! It was just a game!]

Yeah. Why not?

[chalicejoker]

[He can contain himself no longer.]

...weren't you going to kill Link?

[Oh look, someone else with zero concept of game in that context.]

[nutbuckets]

[She rolls her eyes at that and blows a tuft of hair from her forehead, crossing her arms.]

No! I would never kill Link, he's like a little brother to me!

[chalicejoker]

But that other post...

[He seems genuinely confused. Is this why Link said he didn't need any help in taking out a threat there in the end?]

[nutbuckets]

It's just a dumb game. I wouldn't fuck him or marry him so the only option left was kill. It's all like...hypothetical? If you were stuck in that situation an' you had to choose, y'know?

[chalicejoker]

[Harley is speaking to a man who once almost accidentally got married without having the foggiest clue as to what was going on, and he continues to look a bit perplexed by the whole thing.]

So the game doesn't actually lead to combat?

[Ignoring the other two options, thanks.]

[nutbuckets]

[Wow, there's some gullible folks around here! Sweet.]

No, not at all!

[chalicejoker]

That's a strange sort of game, then.

[It is painfully obvious that he does not understand and is resigning himself to giving up on understanding.]

[nutbuckets]

Why is that strange? I mean, it's just a like...exercise in imagination.

[Do most games where this guy comes from lead to combat or something???]

[chalicejoker]

If you say so.

[What is proper socialization, can you fight it]