❝ Is that so ? There must be a thinner line between the two than you’re letting on. ❞ Or perhaps he’d just walked it too long to really tell the difference, the familiar didn’t know. ( Though he was by no means one to talk. ) He tilted his head. ❝ But how smart you are is something to be proud of, yes ? But I suppose you’re right. Being prideful isn’t good either. Nor is trusting someone out of the blue. ❞ He quirked a brow, lips twitching in amusement. ❝ Which is why you’ll have to forgive me if I decide not to grace that with any sort of response. ❞
↳ ❂ ↰ “I’m gonna opt not to take offense to that, sir.” Not that Kaeto cared what the stranger thought either way, whether it was supposed to be an insult ( and it did indeed sound rather insulting ) or not; after all, he’d learned apathy at a young age, and one conversation wasn’t enough to break through that. Kaeto shrugged. “There are a lot of things that aren’t good that people do anyway. Prying into a stranger’s business is another one of those things.” He also didn’t care whether or not the other revealed anything about himself, so not responding was fine with him.
