[ there's no tactful way to say "i was unhinged and trying to sabotage the game and he helped change me" so he decides to say something else ]
He's smart. Not only is he smart, he's embarrassingly lazy, so he solves problems efficiently. He figured out how things worked.
[ in spite of his vagueness and his backhanded compliment, Hikage can't help but look a little soft at the recollections. ]
At the time, I didn't understand things there... Or, rather, I didn't care to understand them. But Belph did, and he used that knowledge to protect me when he could have been protecting himself. He's that kind of man.
[ saying it is embarrassing, though! so he won't. he's already thanked Belph in person; he doesn't need to go showing some outsider his vulnerable side. More than he just did - he seems belatedly aware that he gave more of himself away than he'd like, and he goes quiet for a few seconds, sticking his hands in his pockets. ]
There's a teenage boy living in there with you, right? Chuuya or something?
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
That bastard is slippery.
[ he shoves his hands in his pockets, then, seeming to realize something, looks at Lili suspiciously. ]
Wait. How did you know that?
no subject
[said like
'duh?']
Why, is it meant to be a secret?
no subject
[ having friends is a trip ]
no subject
Whenever I ask about the castle, it's normally something about you and Steph. Occasionally Sanji.
no subject
if Hikage was more of a bully, he'd use this information to tease Belph later. As things stand, he just feels sort of touched by it. Friend... ]
Huh. I thought it would just be Steph.
no subject
[probably because lili doesn't invest her time into useless people, but belph also did seem to like
mean it]
He's kind of annoying, so I'm surprised you're able to get along with him.
no subject
it's nice to have those be his standout qualities - there are certainly plenty of other things he could have said. ]
... He's really annoying. [ just facts ] But he's more reliable than you'd think. Without him, I probably would have died there.
no subject
[she can't argue it entirely, because she has gotten some sense that belph might possess more insight than at first glance but]
How so?
no subject
He's smart. Not only is he smart, he's embarrassingly lazy, so he solves problems efficiently. He figured out how things worked.
[ in spite of his vagueness and his backhanded compliment, Hikage can't help but look a little soft at the recollections. ]
At the time, I didn't understand things there... Or, rather, I didn't care to understand them. But Belph did, and he used that knowledge to protect me when he could have been protecting himself. He's that kind of man.
no subject
the softness and the extent that he's talking so much about belph that. really makes lili think that hikage is just gay.]
... it sounds like you're really grateful for him.
no subject
... Maybe.
[ saying it is embarrassing, though! so he won't. he's already thanked Belph in person; he doesn't need to go showing some outsider his vulnerable side. More than he just did - he seems belatedly aware that he gave more of himself away than he'd like, and he goes quiet for a few seconds, sticking his hands in his pockets. ]
There's a teenage boy living in there with you, right? Chuuya or something?