[ Gen choosing to be the way he chooses to be often causes people frustration, so she would be far from the first. At this point it doesn't even bother him anymore, as long as he can get those same people to reluctantly admit he's incredible at what he does do.
That's part of what the smile is about right now too. She's got to be realizing right now that he's right, and there's a satisfaction in that, but there's also a satisfaction in seeing his advice actually panning out as well. It's self-centered regardless, though it is at least him being pleased to see some real progress from her.
As for the question, Gen offers her an easy shrug. ]
I come here all the time anyway, so it doesn't matter much to me. Besides, I'm not a big enough asshole to rob you of the ability to complete master this game.
[ The ability to hyperfocus on one thing until you get good is a shared trait. His smug satisfaction of seeing her take his advice is self-centered. His willingness to stand here and let her get better at this game because he understands the satisfaction of that is less so.
... However it is largely because there are other games in the immediate area, so he can start playing some of them if he gets too bored while waiting for her. ]
[They all had different priorities. She would gladly pour herself into organizational tasks or research. It was possible she also had the great capacity for things she didn't care for. Now they were both in a place where some of their greatest talents weren't valuable. Instead, it was their social skills, where they were both... lacking in certain ways.]
[Clara watches, takes in his response, considers.]
I see. Not a big enough asshole.
[The tiniest bit of a smirk on her own lips. It was less a dirty joke and more a commentary on his asshole status... but it does double as both, doesn't it.]
I will continue playing, then. I may not master it in the time before dawn but I will aim for improvement.
[She types it all very professionally but the energy with which she turns back to the screen is a bit like an eager child. Clack, clack, Retry!]
[ As a Certified Top (in his own mind only), he will go ahead and ignore any dirty implications a comment like that might have, and instead scowl a little at the main meaning she has there. He'd meant it lightly as in he wasn't an asshole at all, even though he knows that he is. She doesn't have to make it clear that she also knows that he is one though.
It's a short-lived scowl though, because her own teasing is short lived as well, his expression eventually relaxing into something more thoughtful. ]
For something like this... sure, why not? The end results are what matters, but it's not like I really expect everyone to immediately be good at everything they attempt for the first time.
[ The unsaid "unlike me" hangs in the air, though he puts in a lot more effort into improvement on a variety of fronts than he'd be willing to fess up to. ]
[Clara is a specialist at enduring terrible personalities. Her only price for it these days was that she got to make it quite clear she knew. Narumi has not wronged her in a way that she truly dislikes him, he's safe from that right now. However, if he wants her to pretend his personality is something praise-worthy that, too, is beyond her acting capabilities.]
[And there are some aspects that match up. Clara's own personality has its own ugly bumps and bruises. She fully agrees that end results are what mostly matters.]
[His unspoken challenge, though, his assertion that he was built different? Well, responding to that would mean looking away from the game at hand. It's not worth it to challenge as she works on getting the turns as sharp as she needs them to evade the monsters. With a monster chasing her and one approaching she just narrowly manages to escape up into the last fork of that T-junction. How satisfying.]
[Like, she does lose, she's still not any kind of prodigy. At this continue screen she will type into her Watch:]
Every victory is simply an application of resources.
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That's part of what the smile is about right now too. She's got to be realizing right now that he's right, and there's a satisfaction in that, but there's also a satisfaction in seeing his advice actually panning out as well. It's self-centered regardless, though it is at least him being pleased to see some real progress from her.
As for the question, Gen offers her an easy shrug. ]
I come here all the time anyway, so it doesn't matter much to me. Besides, I'm not a big enough asshole to rob you of the ability to complete master this game.
[ The ability to hyperfocus on one thing until you get good is a shared trait. His smug satisfaction of seeing her take his advice is self-centered. His willingness to stand here and let her get better at this game because he understands the satisfaction of that is less so.
... However it is largely because there are other games in the immediate area, so he can start playing some of them if he gets too bored while waiting for her. ]
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[Clara watches, takes in his response, considers.]
I see. Not a big enough asshole.
[The tiniest bit of a smirk on her own lips. It was less a dirty joke and more a commentary on his asshole status... but it does double as both, doesn't it.]
I will continue playing, then. I may not master it in the time before dawn but I will aim for improvement.
[She types it all very professionally but the energy with which she turns back to the screen is a bit like an eager child. Clack, clack, Retry!]
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It's a short-lived scowl though, because her own teasing is short lived as well, his expression eventually relaxing into something more thoughtful. ]
For something like this... sure, why not? The end results are what matters, but it's not like I really expect everyone to immediately be good at everything they attempt for the first time.
[ The unsaid "unlike me" hangs in the air, though he puts in a lot more effort into improvement on a variety of fronts than he'd be willing to fess up to. ]
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[And there are some aspects that match up. Clara's own personality has its own ugly bumps and bruises. She fully agrees that end results are what mostly matters.]
[His unspoken challenge, though, his assertion that he was built different? Well, responding to that would mean looking away from the game at hand. It's not worth it to challenge as she works on getting the turns as sharp as she needs them to evade the monsters. With a monster chasing her and one approaching she just narrowly manages to escape up into the last fork of that T-junction. How satisfying.]
[Like, she does lose, she's still not any kind of prodigy. At this continue screen she will type into her Watch:]
Every victory is simply an application of resources.