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[lalliho]

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[lalliho]

I probably can't go see it. I guess Lisko hated seeing a turtle on Emil's screen.

[They didn't, but communicating with an infantile lizard who relies on idiots to teach them words is very hard.]

Why did you think it looks like a ghost?

[keeptrucking]

[why this turtle hate...]

The lighting is kinda spooky, I guess? Maybe it was just in the moment, it looked scarier...

[lalliho]

It is spooky. But that doesn't mean it looks like a ghost.

[keeptrucking]

Remember when I said staring and brain-talking is weird to me, but not you? This is another one of those things.

[lalliho]

[Let him take a moment to process this information...]

I see.

You're doing a good job at brain-talking.

[keeptrucking]

[hooray he leveled up]

Thanks. I showed somebody else the picture to practice but he didn't think it looked like something else either.

[lalliho]

Oh. Well I didn't know what a turtle looked like, so I thought it looked kind of like a troll?

[Does...does that help...]

[keeptrucking]

[a troll.....]

Are trolls scary monsters?

[lalliho]

Yeah.

[No doubt.]

[keeptrucking]

Then that's good enough for me!

[lalliho]

[Hmmmn...]

Because I thought it was scary, or because you don't need to know more?

[keeptrucking]

Because... the second one, sure. That's pretty much it.

[...]

Why?

[lalliho]

No reason.

[Mm, well...]

I wanted to make sure I understood, I guess. You're not terrible, so I should try to know what you're saying.

[keeptrucking]

Not terrible, huh. Could be worse, so... thanks for that.

[lalliho]

[Oops is this not something he should say... He thought it was fine...]

I'm not good with people.

[keeptrucking]

[This guy... There's a flicker of amusement before Daichi responds again.]

Don't worry about it. Usually people like being told they're something good instead of, y'know, being told they're not something bad.

[Very nuanced.]

[lalliho]

[He almost says that Daichi isn't annoying, but...that's the same thing. Uhhh. This is harder that he would have expected.]

You...are calm?

[??????]

[keeptrucking]

[tbh that's a first... here Daichi learns helping someone less good at people than he is chills him out. fun!!]

Getting there. Don't force yourself to compliment anybody.

[lalliho]

[Yeah, being the experienced mentor does that.]

I won't say something nice about someone I don't like, but I should do it right, if I'm going to.

[keeptrucking]

Sure, that works. How about... you try hard to do stuff right! That's good!

[eh? ehhhhh seeeee??]

[lalliho]

[Erm...?]

For me? Or for you...

[He doesn't have a lot of evidence of that, but why would Lalli be the one getting compliments, even in example... Not that he minds. It's PRETTY NICE.]

[keeptrucking]

For you. You're doing that right now, right?

[Daichi and trying hard are a very on and off relationship so it can't be him.]

[lalliho]

I guess so...

[Mysterious, though. Let's see. Please hold while he mentally goes through their conversations.]

You take time to try to explain things to me in a nice way.

[not really re: explaining, but with the specifics Lalli added in, yeah]

[keeptrucking]

Great! That's a lot nicer than "not terrible."

[Yaaay Lalli, you did it!! Daichi even halfway believes this one.]

Uh, thanks, too.

[lalliho]

["Calm" was a reach based on lack of a vocabulary, it's true.]

...Sure. You earned it?