Medium · Empathy ≥ 4
He seems ecstatic that you share his vision of Perikarnassianism.
Psyche
Before thought effects; other dialogue conditions may apply.
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He seems ecstatic that you share his vision of Perikarnassianism.
Well, there you did it. You stung them, and to what end?
There's profound consternation in his voice. You suspect it's about something bigger than your not having done the reading.
It's always that way. Beneath the crust of irony there's a molten sincerity that threatens to erupt forth... You may witness it yet.
You've flustered the poor boy. Now he's got to say something.
He's lost in his own thoughts. You wonder what silt you've stirred in the bottom of his soul.
He's not accustomed to exposing his doubt like this.
And just like that, all trace of irony drains from his voice.
Saying it out loud makes him realise how foolish it sounds.
Another thing, these young men have the most exquisitely tuned insecurity receptors you've ever witnessed.
He doesn't mean to show it, but the disappointment is plainly written across his face.
Like a river emptying into the sea, the discussion winds its way toward the character of the innocence herself.
Ah yes, the much maligned bean counters, ensconced in their think-tanks and highrises, believing they can save the world through a series of incremental, assiduously technocratic reforms...
That's sarcasm. He does not expect you to subscribe to radical communist periodicals.
You made him self-conscious now. He's practically paralysed.
They really have no idea how old you are, much less what it means to age.