[ Broca has to pause and think about this for a second. The fact that he's not particularly good at reading signals is something he's known about himself for a long time now, and while Sizhui's comment might have genuinely been a throwaway statement, made to take Broca's comfort into consideration, there are implications words like that can have as well.
The problem is that while Broca is bad at reading into intentions and understanding them, Sizhui's also doing his best to play it cool for a very different reason. He's unreadable to Broca, and that makes him hesitate.
People should either be more like books, and have some way for Broca to peep inside their heads and understand their true thoughts and feelings during a situation (or barring that, be like a play and make plenty of asides for him to overhear), or they should state their intentions upfront.
Wavering on this for a moment longer than he likes. Broca shrugs himself, before hooking his thumbs into the waistband of his boxer briefs, and yanking them off himself. He'll take the gamble that he's really being asked to do this right now, because it seems like the worst case scenario is that he misread, and Sizhui at least genuinely doesn't mind. ]
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The problem is that while Broca is bad at reading into intentions and understanding them, Sizhui's also doing his best to play it cool for a very different reason. He's unreadable to Broca, and that makes him hesitate.
People should either be more like books, and have some way for Broca to peep inside their heads and understand their true thoughts and feelings during a situation (or barring that, be like a play and make plenty of asides for him to overhear), or they should state their intentions upfront.
Wavering on this for a moment longer than he likes. Broca shrugs himself, before hooking his thumbs into the waistband of his boxer briefs, and yanking them off himself. He'll take the gamble that he's really being asked to do this right now, because it seems like the worst case scenario is that he misread, and Sizhui at least genuinely doesn't mind. ]