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[meteorstorm]

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[meteorstorm]

[ a little stiff, but he's not moving ]

No, not really. It says things like "Try again later", "It is decidedly so", "Outlook not so good". It's no different than flipping a coin to make a decision.

[yellowhasthechest]

Then why do you even need a magic eight ball?

[meteorstorm]

People are silly and superstitious. And some actually believe it.

[yellowhasthechest]

Seems like a waste, to me.

[Murmuring against his shoulder, kind of absently.]

[meteorstorm]

It's just a novelty toy. It's not supposed to be taken seriously.

[yellowhasthechest]

That's still kind of weird. You guys have a lot of those sorts of things, I've noticed.

[meteorstorm]

I couldn't tell you what goes through people's heads when they come up with these things.

[ then again, I couldn't tell you what was going through people's heads when my driver was created, either ]

[yellowhasthechest]

[Could be worse. You could be Birth. Sighs.]

You guys have a whole lot of free time and resource, I guess. I never had stuff like that when I was growing up, but my planet was a lot different.

[meteorstorm]

[ i won't even go there ]

It depends. Some of us have spent our lives either with our noses to the grindstone in studying, or doing that, and spending the rest of our waking hours honing some additional skill or another.

[yellowhasthechest]

Like you.

[meteorstorm]

[ was it obvious ]

Ah.

[yellowhasthechest]

[Very. Giving a soft little hum of acknowledgment against his shoulder but saying nothing else, for now.]

[meteorstorm]

[ he's just

dealing with it, for now ]

I at least had the option of choosing an extracurricular I enjoyed.

[yellowhasthechest]

Is that where you started learning whatever it is you fight with?

[meteorstorm]

It was.

[ go go parentally sanctioned asskicking! ]

[yellowhasthechest]

I guess you do seem like the type to start early.

[Shifting a little against him to get a bit more comfortable.]

[meteorstorm]

It's not worth doing if your heart's not in it one hundred percent.

[ actually doesn't seem to mind much, he's just leaning a little to make himself more comfy ]

[yellowhasthechest]

Or unless you have no better option.

[I might like this better than I thought.]

[meteorstorm]

That's when you make a better option.

[ it's not half bad ]

[yellowhasthechest]

[Laughs a little against the nape of his neck.]

If it were that black and white the universe might be a lot nicer in a lot of places.

[meteorstorm]

[ shivering a little ]

I never said it would be easy. Use what you can to your own advantage.

[yellowhasthechest]

Sometimes all you've got is the shitty option, you know.

[meteorstorm]

I'm perfectly well aware of that.

[ having taken that option before ]

[yellowhasthechest]

Then don't say silly things.

[meteorstorm]

It doesn't mean you can't try to find a better one first.