[ he listens with actual interest, which is a surefire sign that he truly likes her. (He knew that movies could be seen in movie theaters, though! Probably.) ]
That's fine. I wasn't born yesterday. [ he's not the sort to run blindly into danger, anyway. ] When I was a kid, I lived in the slums for a long time... I remember something like that, anyway. It was dangerous there, too. Although I don't remember anyone wanting to destroy the world there.
[ a beat. ]
... I guess that ended up being me, [ he mutters. ] Anyway, your home is probably like a paradise compared to the other places I've lived.
[ steph, thinking about people like the joker: hm.
but honestly, she has no plans in involving hikage with any of the actual dangerous parts of her job, especially with his sister there. and since she manages just fine with keeping her mom out of the way, that really shouldn't be too difficult. ]
... right. Well, it'll be easier to show you once we're there. We can find a tutor for your sister too, so that she can adjust to being there until maybe we can enroll her into an actual school afterwards.
[ there's an itch in the back of his mind again - a familiar one, but one he hasn't thought about in a long time. Hell, it might even be another piece of his memories that had been just vague enough for him to not remember until now. ]
Do you have enough money for all of this?
[ yes - he'd barely scraped by providing for himself and his sister before, and that had eventually ended with the both of them dying after Hikage ran out of funds, he recalls with some bitterness. Maybe the future is different. ]
That's where my book from the castle comes in, my friend. I'm at least going to get us started with the basics-- social security numbers, a college fund that is specifically for your sister's use only, things like that?
[ sometimes, magic is useful. ]
I don't want to lean on it too hard, so I'm not going to change anything drastically, like making us rich or anything. [ she does not want that at all. ] But it'll at least mean that we'll have a starting point to work from that's comfortable.
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That's fine. I wasn't born yesterday. [ he's not the sort to run blindly into danger, anyway. ] When I was a kid, I lived in the slums for a long time... I remember something like that, anyway. It was dangerous there, too. Although I don't remember anyone wanting to destroy the world there.
[ a beat. ]
... I guess that ended up being me, [ he mutters. ] Anyway, your home is probably like a paradise compared to the other places I've lived.
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but honestly, she has no plans in involving hikage with any of the actual dangerous parts of her job, especially with his sister there. and since she manages just fine with keeping her mom out of the way, that really shouldn't be too difficult. ]
... right. Well, it'll be easier to show you once we're there. We can find a tutor for your sister too, so that she can adjust to being there until maybe we can enroll her into an actual school afterwards.
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[ there's an itch in the back of his mind again - a familiar one, but one he hasn't thought about in a long time. Hell, it might even be another piece of his memories that had been just vague enough for him to not remember until now. ]
Do you have enough money for all of this?
[ yes - he'd barely scraped by providing for himself and his sister before, and that had eventually ended with the both of them dying after Hikage ran out of funds, he recalls with some bitterness. Maybe the future is different. ]
I'll help.
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[ sometimes, magic is useful. ]
I don't want to lean on it too hard, so I'm not going to change anything drastically, like making us rich or anything. [ she does not want that at all. ] But it'll at least mean that we'll have a starting point to work from that's comfortable.
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[ huh! he blinks, then nods his head, seemingly in approval. ]
Maybe I'm still underestimating you, Stephanie.
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[ hikage!!! ]
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[ unless her plans were to get her ass kicked a lot ]
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[ a beat; then, scratching at his head a bit bashfully, he continues. ]
... But I do know. Without you, we probably would have died there.
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Okay, no more compliments.
[ she was offended but now she's just embarrassed. ]
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[ he feels a little victorious whenever he can actually make her embarrassed and not the other way around, though. ]
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[ it's a topic change but it's fine. ]