[ When Ange offers to go exploring the new city with Claude, he has to jump at the opportunity; he's been doing plenty of exploration himself, but it's undoubtedly helpful to get more minds on the case, and besides, Ange is far better equipped for this sort of thing than he is. It's embarrassing that he's struggled to adjust to the new modern sensibilities of this city, but he has. It makes him feel desperately behind, like he needs to sit down for a course in exactly what technological advances have been made and how to use them.
Frustratingly enough, his sentencing continues to bear down on him, something he's hoping that Ange won't catch onto. It's not even that he feels particularly grim today, or that he's displeased to be here. It's just that... he's not happy either. But he almost never is. That's never been an issue before.
In the back of his head, he can hear Hilda's nagging voice: I've only seen you genuinely smile a handful of times, all of these years.
It's rude, is what it is. Who the hell is happy all the time anyway? Why is it such a crime to be pleasant? Every time he tries, he feels his facial muscles battling him, contorting his expression back into a mask of smooth neutrality until he gives up entirely. He can't force joviality in his voice as they look around the entertainment district, noting, ] This place sure got a whole lot less wholesome, huh?
FOR ANGE
Frustratingly enough, his sentencing continues to bear down on him, something he's hoping that Ange won't catch onto. It's not even that he feels particularly grim today, or that he's displeased to be here. It's just that... he's not happy either. But he almost never is. That's never been an issue before.
In the back of his head, he can hear Hilda's nagging voice: I've only seen you genuinely smile a handful of times, all of these years.
It's rude, is what it is. Who the hell is happy all the time anyway? Why is it such a crime to be pleasant? Every time he tries, he feels his facial muscles battling him, contorting his expression back into a mask of smooth neutrality until he gives up entirely. He can't force joviality in his voice as they look around the entertainment district, noting, ] This place sure got a whole lot less wholesome, huh?