[ Setsuna couldn't hide a nervous swallow as she spoke. Although he'd never think of Sara as especially sly, something about her words seemed to target his every weakness. "Bring you closer together with someone." "You might find out something you don't want to know... " Could she have said anything anymore obvious? He found himself glancing away without meaning to, unable to face the sincerity of those statements. The gentle concern in her voice—And damn it, why couldn't she just sit up!
He raked his hand through his hair, something he'd been doing a lot lately. ]
"Well yeah, the whole idea behind this thing is that you have to be willing to share everything since they're gonna see it anyway. So like, if you go in, thinking this isn't gonna work, you end up screwing yourself over. You have to be open, I guess."
[ Finally catching onto what his stupid hands were doing, he shoved the one in his pocket and leaned back against the chair, tilting it ever so slightly and redirecting his attention to the timer. It had nothing to do with anxiety about the Kaiju or the next possible attack and everything to do with needing to focus on something that wasn't Sara. ]
"I still don't get how these questions are s'pposed to help us figure out anything though. I can't remember the last time I even used a toolbox. Aren't these things usually like 'If you could have any superpower, what would it be?' or 'If you could be any animal, would would you be?' At least, those would reveal something about people."
[ He was talking fast again, anything to move the topic along, to get it out of this more dangerous territory. ]
You're fine. No worries!
He raked his hand through his hair, something he'd been doing a lot lately. ]
"Well yeah, the whole idea behind this thing is that you have to be willing to share everything since they're gonna see it anyway. So like, if you go in, thinking this isn't gonna work, you end up screwing yourself over. You have to be open, I guess."
[ Finally catching onto what his stupid hands were doing, he shoved the one in his pocket and leaned back against the chair, tilting it ever so slightly and redirecting his attention to the timer. It had nothing to do with anxiety about the Kaiju or the next possible attack and everything to do with needing to focus on something that wasn't Sara. ]
"I still don't get how these questions are s'pposed to help us figure out anything though. I can't remember the last time I even used a toolbox. Aren't these things usually like 'If you could have any superpower, what would it be?' or 'If you could be any animal, would would you be?' At least, those would reveal something about people."
[ He was talking fast again, anything to move the topic along, to get it out of this more dangerous territory. ]