Oh. [kill a creature or else you die?? what the hell?? the more she learns about his and yjh's world, the more ??? she is about it. ...but it sounds like things turned out more or less okay.] The fact that he turned out to be someone you could rely on, and she did, too...
It seems like you're good at turning enemies into allies.
It seems that way, doesn't it? [ Dokja sounds quite clever when she puts it like that. And, technically, he is. But he uses whatever is available to him. ]
I just... appeal to their own wishes. Promise them that the end I aim for aligns with their own. Then it's up to them whether they trust my word for it.
[ A hum, before he brings up the earlier mention. ] Are you curious as to how I bypassed the first scenario? I ended up killing a grasshopper. After all, it said "kill a creature", not necessarily another person.
It probably wouldn't be so convincing if you weren't telling the truth, though, right? I think... most of the time, people can tell when someone's making empty promises or not.
[unless they're, like. a really good actor!
but dokja seems to back up his words with actions - case in point: the grasshopper.]
Hee hee, good for you! Finding loopholes like that is a skill, too.
You might have a point. Especially if the person is good at telling when someone makes a lie.
[ They could also be a very good actor!
Dokja chuckles at that, propping his chin in a hand. ]
It's better to work around things than play to the higher-up's rules. It's why I'm trying to figure that out here. How we can workaround rather than playing directly into the angel's hands.
I don't like being told what to do in general. Make it a situation like this, and... [she makes a face] Well... it just really makes me want to do the opposite of what they want.
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[what a reliable guy!]
Oh. [kill a creature or else you die?? what the hell?? the more she learns about his and yjh's world, the more ??? she is about it. ...but it sounds like things turned out more or less okay.] The fact that he turned out to be someone you could rely on, and she did, too...
It seems like you're good at turning enemies into allies.
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I just... appeal to their own wishes. Promise them that the end I aim for aligns with their own. Then it's up to them whether they trust my word for it.
[ A hum, before he brings up the earlier mention. ] Are you curious as to how I bypassed the first scenario? I ended up killing a grasshopper. After all, it said "kill a creature", not necessarily another person.
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[unless they're, like. a really good actor!
but dokja seems to back up his words with actions - case in point: the grasshopper.]
Hee hee, good for you! Finding loopholes like that is a skill, too.
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[ They could also be a very good actor!
Dokja chuckles at that, propping his chin in a hand. ]
It's better to work around things than play to the higher-up's rules. It's why I'm trying to figure that out here. How we can workaround rather than playing directly into the angel's hands.
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I don't like being told what to do in general. Make it a situation like this, and... [she makes a face] Well... it just really makes me want to do the opposite of what they want.