[ i mean. that's fine??? he's just had a rather actually nice and polite exchange with someone who perhaps at first comes off as prickly and maybe it is better to let it be what it is for the moment and let it end on a good note? that would be the smart thing? he reminds him very much of lae'zel, to be honest, which isn't a bad comparision. he likes and respects lae'zel, blunt as she is.
[The amount of people who have been like "damn this guy's attitude is familiar" is so funny
Fortunately, though he's not a social person, he doesn't mind this; he doesn't turn his attention away from what he's doing, but there's no irritation in his tone, just straightforwardness.]
I'm an exorcist. [But he's clearly very familiar with this sword, so that's a yes]
[He enjoys a single thing in this world and it is soba noodles. To be fair, there are worse things.
This is such a funny question for so many reasons. Kanda looks like he's considering whether he wants to answer at all, but he's not that pissy since he doesn't know he's nerfed yet, so--]
Nine years. [He figures Gale's asking because he's worried about experience level tbh]
[ he is not. he is asking because kanda seems like a very young guy and is talking about being on the front lines of some war and is now saying deeply concerning things about starting as a tiny baby. ]
I suppose I started young as well, I began my first apprenticeship at around eight.
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[ i mean. that's fine??? he's just had a rather actually nice and polite exchange with someone who perhaps at first comes off as prickly and maybe it is better to let it be what it is for the moment and let it end on a good note? that would be the smart thing? he reminds him very much of lae'zel, to be honest, which isn't a bad comparision. he likes and respects lae'zel, blunt as she is.
but i think he'll choose to yap. ]
You're a swordsman?
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Fortunately, though he's not a social person, he doesn't mind this; he doesn't turn his attention away from what he's doing, but there's no irritation in his tone, just straightforwardness.]
I'm an exorcist. [But he's clearly very familiar with this sword, so that's a yes]
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[ what the akuma are and all that. ]
Do you enjoy your work?
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That doesn't matter. It needs to be done.
[Sometimes your job sucks but it's also your whole identity, and things are... complicated, to say the least.]
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[ but he can get the picture that maybe ... it is not kanda's favorite. ]
How long have been doing this?
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This is such a funny question for so many reasons. Kanda looks like he's considering whether he wants to answer at all, but he's not that pissy since he doesn't know he's nerfed yet, so--]
Nine years. [He figures Gale's asking because he's worried about experience level tbh]
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[ he is not. he is asking because kanda seems like a very young guy and is talking about being on the front lines of some war and is now saying deeply concerning things about starting as a tiny baby. ]
I suppose I started young as well, I began my first apprenticeship at around eight.
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He just looks at Gale like "why are you telling me this"]
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... Nevermind.
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But he will, at least, volunteer this much:]
Akuma can look like anyone. They can wear the skin of the people they kill--usually the one who called them.
[Hence the jumpiness! Sometimes anyone you know could actually be a horrific monster in disguise.]
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Called them ... ?
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[Sound advice in many situations!]