Sternennacht über der Rhone

[ex_fatalist246]

[Behind the glasses, the emotionlessness is slipping. There's a tenseness to the shoulders, an uncertainty to the spine, as Satoshi stands in the middle of the Plane.]

[He is in school uniform. He did just come from school, after all. He's a little out of breath, like he was just running.]

[He speaks with coached calmness, just barely.]

Who here attends Teitan Elementary?

Comments

[hostclubdaddy.livejournal.com]

Is that what I'm doing?

[ex_fatalist246]

Yes.

[hostclubdaddy.livejournal.com]

Ah, well I guess it's hard not to invent stories to fit the facts when you don't know the whole story in the first place. It's not so bad though, invented stories have a place too, I'm sure.

[ex_fatalist246]

Yes. In fiction.

[hostclubdaddy.livejournal.com]

And in reality! After all, how do you think great scientists and detectives create their theories and hypotheses?

[ex_fatalist246]

That isn't inventing stories. That's having ideas.

[hostclubdaddy.livejournal.com]

What's the difference?

[ex_fatalist246]

An idea isn't a story. A story has to be a narrative. An idea can just be a thought.

[hostclubdaddy.livejournal.com]

But a thought thrown out without any narrative or context would be confusing. Theories and hypotheses usually tell a story.

[ex_fatalist246]

[He's getting into a pointless conversation, so he shuts off] Fine. Then they are.

[hostclubdaddy.livejournal.com]

Ah, good! I knew you'd come around to reason and see things my way. It's just as I predicted!

[ex_fatalist246]

Are you done?

[hostclubdaddy.livejournal.com]

Done what?

[ex_fatalist246]

Talking.

[hostclubdaddy.livejournal.com]

Hmmm? Talking? Ah, talking! Of course not. How could I be?

But if you're not involved in a sports competition, and you're not mentoring poor unfortunate commoner children, then what are you doing that involves an elementary school?

Oh! I know! I saw this in a movie once. You are afflicted by some rare disease that forces your body to age rapidly. So while you may look like you're in middle school, in reality you're no more than nine or ten.

Am I right? Did I get it?

[ex_fatalist246]

...no.

[hostclubdaddy.livejournal.com]

No?

[ex_fatalist246]

No.

[hostclubdaddy.livejournal.com]

Oh.

Then why were you asking about that school?

[ex_fatalist246]

Is that important?