Come on. You’re not that bad. [He might not be the best judge of character all the time, but he believed in the good of most people. Rarely did Johnny glare at anyone with true contempt. His hatred toward Killer was one of those few instances. That was after Killer had fought against his party multiple times, and then stabbed him. Gaia didn’t seem evil or shady, like Gilbert.
Johnny smiled weakly at her and managed a slight shrug. Family was a very big deal for him, but he didn’t want to stay down in the dumps. Every time he started thinking about Grace and how she had sacrificed her life for him… but then she slaughtered Shania’s entire tribe and… Damn, he really didn’t want to focus attention on this subject right now. Better to drop it for the time being and pick it up later, if he needed to.]
Uh huh. [He reached into his pocket and took out one of the Crests from his Stellar Chart, showing the small glowing item to Gaia.] We can cast magic spells with this. It uses up energy, though, so we can’t keep doing it forever. It feels like there’s something blocking my magical energy. I can’t focus any of it to cast a spell.
[If he blushed any harder, all the blood rushing away from his head just might make him pass out. Honestly, he was glad she could be so forward with him. She was asking him things he wouldn’t have the nerve to ask himself.] Uh… [He tipped his head down, looking at how close she was getting to him.
He didn’t have the courage to tell her outright, so he moved his jacket aside for a minute, letting her see the front of his jeans. He covered himself up again, cheeks still flamed bright red.] S-see what I mean? It’s probably ‘cause of… all the stuff that’s going on outside.
[And there was his curiosity getting the better of him again, prompting him to ask.] Not bad? Does it just go away for girls? [He honestly had no idea how girls solved the problem. He didn’t have very much experience with them, and in the 1920s, it wasn’t proper for girls to discuss things like sex and pleasure. There was a name for girls like that. Gaia’s open frankness didn’t bother him, though. If she knew what she wanted, she had every right to go after it.]
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Johnny smiled weakly at her and managed a slight shrug. Family was a very big deal for him, but he didn’t want to stay down in the dumps. Every time he started thinking about Grace and how she had sacrificed her life for him… but then she slaughtered Shania’s entire tribe and… Damn, he really didn’t want to focus attention on this subject right now. Better to drop it for the time being and pick it up later, if he needed to.]
Uh huh. [He reached into his pocket and took out one of the Crests from his Stellar Chart, showing the small glowing item to Gaia.] We can cast magic spells with this. It uses up energy, though, so we can’t keep doing it forever. It feels like there’s something blocking my magical energy. I can’t focus any of it to cast a spell.
[If he blushed any harder, all the blood rushing away from his head just might make him pass out. Honestly, he was glad she could be so forward with him. She was asking him things he wouldn’t have the nerve to ask himself.] Uh… [He tipped his head down, looking at how close she was getting to him.
He didn’t have the courage to tell her outright, so he moved his jacket aside for a minute, letting her see the front of his jeans. He covered himself up again, cheeks still flamed bright red.] S-see what I mean? It’s probably ‘cause of… all the stuff that’s going on outside.
[And there was his curiosity getting the better of him again, prompting him to ask.] Not bad? Does it just go away for girls? [He honestly had no idea how girls solved the problem. He didn’t have very much experience with them, and in the 1920s, it wasn’t proper for girls to discuss things like sex and pleasure. There was a name for girls like that. Gaia’s open frankness didn’t bother him, though. If she knew what she wanted, she had every right to go after it.]