[The new boy seems to have caught on. But rather than looking shocked and disturbed, he looks...
Relieved?
That's the impression Hiyori gets, and he blinks for a second at the "not that bad" comment. Drugging people to make them want to have sex with each other is certainly pretty bad in his view! But if the new boy thought he was talking about poison, then he supposes that would seem like the lesser of two evils. At least you can't die from aphro poisoning! (... He hopes.)]
As a matter of fact, it does.
[He addresses only Kabru's last comment, smile settling on his lips again.]
Or so they say. I can't sense magic for myself, but someone who's been here a long time said that the resort feeds on us. Our intimacy, and our "fate," whatever that means.
[The person who told him was Jin Mingming. She's the woman who runs the Red Cardinal, and she used to be a player in the game—but that was a long time ago, and she used her wish on something besides going home, apparently. He did a quest to get information from her, but there's still a lot he doesn't understand about how the resort works. He's not familiar with magic and doesn't grasp things like "fate" too well. The boy in his arms, however, sounds like he might know something about the former. And that prompts Hiyori to ask:]
no subject
Relieved?
That's the impression Hiyori gets, and he blinks for a second at the "not that bad" comment. Drugging people to make them want to have sex with each other is certainly pretty bad in his view! But if the new boy thought he was talking about poison, then he supposes that would seem like the lesser of two evils. At least you can't die from aphro poisoning! (... He hopes.)]
As a matter of fact, it does.
[He addresses only Kabru's last comment, smile settling on his lips again.]
Or so they say. I can't sense magic for myself, but someone who's been here a long time said that the resort feeds on us. Our intimacy, and our "fate," whatever that means.
[The person who told him was Jin Mingming. She's the woman who runs the Red Cardinal, and she used to be a player in the game—but that was a long time ago, and she used her wish on something besides going home, apparently. He did a quest to get information from her, but there's still a lot he doesn't understand about how the resort works. He's not familiar with magic and doesn't grasp things like "fate" too well. The boy in his arms, however, sounds like he might know something about the former. And that prompts Hiyori to ask:]
Do you know a lot about magic?