[ well, he hits it in one, he really does. jiaoqiu is silent for a moment, and his hand goes for his tail - and then he pulls it back and grips at his clothes instead.
he doesn't mind the closeness, glancing at richie - at what he can see, anyway. ]
I don't know that I'm capable of that. [ ruefully. but. ] I must be useful.
Maybe useful isn't the best measure of a person after all. [He could digress, and digress hard. It's the kind of thinking that leads to all sorts of people getting raked over. If you can't work, you don't eat.
But Jiaoqiu's loathing is all turned inward, and ham-fisted comparisons to broad-sweeping eugenics aren't going to drive the point home.]
You are. You have been. You're the first on the scene in the event of an emergency, and you're the last to give up on people. And even beyond bare bones utility, you don't think there's some value in the simple pleasure of your company?
Expecting to outpace the madness here is a fool's errand, JQ. It's out of all our hands. Even yours, as old and wisened as they may be.
Try to have a little faith in yourself.. One smidge. [he pinches his fingers together and squints.] Juuuuust a pinch.
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he doesn't mind the closeness, glancing at richie - at what he can see, anyway. ]
I don't know that I'm capable of that. [ ruefully. but. ] I must be useful.
[ or what's the point of him, right? ]
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But Jiaoqiu's loathing is all turned inward, and ham-fisted comparisons to broad-sweeping eugenics aren't going to drive the point home.]
You are. You have been. You're the first on the scene in the event of an emergency, and you're the last to give up on people. And even beyond bare bones utility, you don't think there's some value in the simple pleasure of your company?
Expecting to outpace the madness here is a fool's errand, JQ. It's out of all our hands. Even yours, as old and wisened as they may be.
Try to have a little faith in yourself.. One smidge. [he pinches his fingers together and squints.] Juuuuust a pinch.