[ though he's really giving every indication that he's quite mutable in situations where he's at someone's mercy. (in fact, it seems to be something of a talent.) leave it to ryuu to spin it as a positive thing, to cast a new light on an old problem that could lash out and bite him, if he's not careful.
self preservation? low. integrity? sky high. ]
It's kind of hard for me to imagine you being a bad person, like this...
[ he hasn't at all cottoned on to the possibilities that snake beneath the surface, the could-bes and the maybes. ]
[A "harsh" way of putting it. It was almost cute. Pushing someone around was a gentle brush of a term. What if he had said manipulate? Use? Well, if he had said such a thing then Ryuu wouldn't have nearly as good of an impression of him.]
[He gets the point, though. Even if he had been sharp in his choice of word, even if he had worn his potential malicious intent on his sleeve, this was a person who would try and overlook it. Same from the moment he'd tasted something offered by a stranger... a trusting idiot.]
[For now, though, he's fine with that.]
Hm, maybe I should have made you carry my bag or something of the like.
[A harmless example of pushing around, to reinforce the idea that he couldn't possibly be a danger. In reality, it's a single grocery bag, and he'd probably be annoyed if Ryuu had offered to take it out of some misguided need. When he's proposing it, though, it's the simple statement: if I asked you to carry my bag, you probably would.]
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[ though he's really giving every indication that he's quite mutable in situations where he's at someone's mercy. (in fact, it seems to be something of a talent.) leave it to ryuu to spin it as a positive thing, to cast a new light on an old problem that could lash out and bite him, if he's not careful.
self preservation? low. integrity? sky high. ]
It's kind of hard for me to imagine you being a bad person, like this...
[ he hasn't at all cottoned on to the possibilities that snake beneath the surface, the could-bes and the maybes. ]
So, I won't!
[ tada. ]
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[He gets the point, though. Even if he had been sharp in his choice of word, even if he had worn his potential malicious intent on his sleeve, this was a person who would try and overlook it. Same from the moment he'd tasted something offered by a stranger... a trusting idiot.]
[For now, though, he's fine with that.]
Hm, maybe I should have made you carry my bag or something of the like.
[A harmless example of pushing around, to reinforce the idea that he couldn't possibly be a danger. In reality, it's a single grocery bag, and he'd probably be annoyed if Ryuu had offered to take it out of some misguided need. When he's proposing it, though, it's the simple statement: if I asked you to carry my bag, you probably would.]