[ Riz gives Maria double fingerguns in the manner of someone who isn't used to doing that gesture, but has instead copied a much cooler, much more charismatic friend. It comes off as much dorkier when he does it, but the intent is there. ]
It's kind of weird, isn't it? How everyone's so nice, even when we're getting pitted against each other. [ He scuffs a heel against the dirt beneath his feet as they walk. ] Maybe that's why we were selected, but I'm not sure if 'nice' is gonna cut it for the whole saving the world schtick. Have you been able to make any sense of why you got chosen?
[ It's a question he poses to plenty of people and he gets varying answers, depending more on the self-esteem of the person than the objective truth. It's a good way of sussing people out, though, and figuring out just how dangerous their worlds are.
Maria seems like a nice, normal girl. But he's thought the same of other people who turned out to want to bring upon the apocalypse and suspicious bastard though he may be, Riz tends to err on the side of positivity when it comes to making new friends. He's not always the most reliable judge of character. ]
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[ Riz gives Maria double fingerguns in the manner of someone who isn't used to doing that gesture, but has instead copied a much cooler, much more charismatic friend. It comes off as much dorkier when he does it, but the intent is there. ]
It's kind of weird, isn't it? How everyone's so nice, even when we're getting pitted against each other. [ He scuffs a heel against the dirt beneath his feet as they walk. ] Maybe that's why we were selected, but I'm not sure if 'nice' is gonna cut it for the whole saving the world schtick. Have you been able to make any sense of why you got chosen?
[ It's a question he poses to plenty of people and he gets varying answers, depending more on the self-esteem of the person than the objective truth. It's a good way of sussing people out, though, and figuring out just how dangerous their worlds are.
Maria seems like a nice, normal girl. But he's thought the same of other people who turned out to want to bring upon the apocalypse and suspicious bastard though he may be, Riz tends to err on the side of positivity when it comes to making new friends. He's not always the most reliable judge of character. ]