Here's what happened. He wanted to know if he was crazy for distrusting this whole bike situation. I said no -- because there are creeps and assholes around with magic.
[He grimaces, scratching at his chin.]
I get how that can be... mixed up. But, nah. I know. Magic's scary. People with magic make it good or bad. I was trying to warn him against the asshole kind.
"Am I crazy for thinking this is suspicious?" "No, because magic" still sounds a little accusatory, though.
Just... from now on I'd appreciate it if you weren't so fast to drop the "M" word when something weird or bad or suspicious happens.
Magic is always a possibility. It's always going to be a possibility, but when I brought up the idea that it could be something else, Kaneda visibly deflated. He was so sure because you seemed so sure.
That... wasn't what I meant. If that's what he got out of that chat, we need to have another.
[He rubs his hand across his remaining eye, expression decidedly sour.]
What I was sure of was that he wasn't wrong to be paranoid. Dumbass kid didn't even listen... [He holds up a hand, to forestall further talk for a second.] Look, I'll talk to him again. Straighten things out.
Hn. He's going to end up being one of the assholes, at this rate. Kid who's too into his power. Doesn't see anything wrong with using it however he wants.
... and Canada? Too worried about saying the wrong thing to try to talk serious to him.
It's... a bit more complicated than that. I ended up having an unintentional heart-to-heart with Tetsuo the other day. There's a lot of issues there, and I guess something really bad had happened with Tetsuo's powers.
Kaneda is being antagonistic on purpose. He's trying to give Tetsuo a target for his anger to stop him from destroying everything.
From what I gathered, 'really bad' means death, destruction, and all of it falling on Kaneda's head. At least, that's how he feels about it. 'It's all my fault'. That sort of thing.
Yeah, explosions are the opposite of what anyone needs.
Told me he doesn't know how to get Tetsuo to control himself, or what... power? Magic? Whatever it is, he has. But short of how the Qunari do it, I'm coming up dry on solutions.
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A little. Just that he got it from someone Canada doesn't trust.
[Yes, he did just call him 'Canada'. Purposefully.]
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Irritates him a little. Usually distracts him from whatever bullshit he's mad about originally. Puts him off balance so you can talk to him.
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But what did you say to him when he brought up the bike?
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Why?
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And I'm not saying it isn't, around here magic isn't necessarily always to blame.
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Here's what happened. He wanted to know if he was crazy for distrusting this whole bike situation. I said no -- because there are creeps and assholes around with magic.
[He grimaces, scratching at his chin.]
I get how that can be... mixed up. But, nah. I know. Magic's scary. People with magic make it good or bad. I was trying to warn him against the asshole kind.
...
Sorry.
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Just... from now on I'd appreciate it if you weren't so fast to drop the "M" word when something weird or bad or suspicious happens.
Magic is always a possibility. It's always going to be a possibility, but when I brought up the idea that it could be something else, Kaneda visibly deflated. He was so sure because you seemed so sure.
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[He rubs his hand across his remaining eye, expression decidedly sour.]
What I was sure of was that he wasn't wrong to be paranoid. Dumbass kid didn't even listen... [He holds up a hand, to forestall further talk for a second.] Look, I'll talk to him again. Straighten things out.
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... Sorry, though. Hard to get around the whole 'magic is terrible' crap.
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Still, I feel like I need to thank you for always being reasonable where my magic is concerned.
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It's the other kind of asshole you've got to watch out for.
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[ HE IS TEASING, really. He hopes that's apparent. ]
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Then you're an asshole.
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I still am gonna check out Tetsuo's bike for freaky magic, by the way.
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... Kaneda and Tetsuo are a ticking time bomb, you know.
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Kaneda mentioned that. Even if they both didn't have signs hanging off their backs about it.
Not sure what can be done.
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... and Canada? Too worried about saying the wrong thing to try to talk serious to him.
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Kaneda is being antagonistic on purpose. He's trying to give Tetsuo a target for his anger to stop him from destroying everything.
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[He blows out a breath, slowly.]
From what I gathered, 'really bad' means death, destruction, and all of it falling on Kaneda's head. At least, that's how he feels about it. 'It's all my fault'. That sort of thing.
... no wonder he's doing like you said.
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Obviously I don't want things to literally explode, but they can't continue like they are, either.
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Told me he doesn't know how to get Tetsuo to control himself, or what... power? Magic? Whatever it is, he has. But short of how the Qunari do it, I'm coming up dry on solutions.