I... don't deny that, at all. I'm definitely an unlikely choice.
[ This is fine, this is good— he actually appreciates how candid she is about the whole thing, that she'll call him out on his foibles if he ever displays any of them. Which he already has, and she doesn't seem to have been too terribly offended by, to his luck.
Lili flips her hair over her shoulders, and Atsushi becomes more mindful of his: he tries to smooth down his bangs, make himself look at least a bit more presentable. ]
You'll have to teach me which ones are the soup spoons and the salad forks, aha... I really am hopeless at those kinds of things. [ Attempting to keep it light!! Which, again, might be insubordination in some people's eyes, but this is the only way Atsushi knows how to conduct himself. ] But I promise I'm useful in other ways— I know this city like the back of my hand, for one.
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[ This is fine, this is good— he actually appreciates how candid she is about the whole thing, that she'll call him out on his foibles if he ever displays any of them. Which he already has, and she doesn't seem to have been too terribly offended by, to his luck.
Lili flips her hair over her shoulders, and Atsushi becomes more mindful of his: he tries to smooth down his bangs, make himself look at least a bit more presentable. ]
You'll have to teach me which ones are the soup spoons and the salad forks, aha... I really am hopeless at those kinds of things. [ Attempting to keep it light!! Which, again, might be insubordination in some people's eyes, but this is the only way Atsushi knows how to conduct himself. ] But I promise I'm useful in other ways— I know this city like the back of my hand, for one.