[Damn... He really should have expected this. Gina's too sharp and too nosy to let that unanswered question slip by unnoticed.
He doesn't want to get into the true reason, though. At least, not the whole truth... Honesty's usually the best policy in his book, but he doesn't want to go spreading his thoughts and concerns about Kazuma around all willy nilly.
He sits back, huffing a little sigh, his tone slightly defensive:]
I wasn't intending to stay here... In fact, I nearly went home as soon as I realized that was an option. But I decided I would stay for at least one mission first, to see for myself what it was like... [He's sort of rambling now, almost like he's trying to justify the decision to himself.] ...And now that I know how dangerous the orbs can really be, it's hard not to feel like it'd be rather irresponsible to turn my back on the orber's cause. I mean, would it be arrogant of me to assume that Miss Viveca must have reached out to me for a reason...?
[It's all the truth, sans an explanation for why he was willing to give the orbers even that much of a chance. But he's hoping Gina will take the hint and maybe not pry into it too much???]
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He doesn't want to get into the true reason, though. At least, not the whole truth... Honesty's usually the best policy in his book, but he doesn't want to go spreading his thoughts and concerns about Kazuma around all willy nilly.
He sits back, huffing a little sigh, his tone slightly defensive:]
I wasn't intending to stay here... In fact, I nearly went home as soon as I realized that was an option. But I decided I would stay for at least one mission first, to see for myself what it was like... [He's sort of rambling now, almost like he's trying to justify the decision to himself.] ...And now that I know how dangerous the orbs can really be, it's hard not to feel like it'd be rather irresponsible to turn my back on the orber's cause. I mean, would it be arrogant of me to assume that Miss Viveca must have reached out to me for a reason...?
[It's all the truth, sans an explanation for why he was willing to give the orbers even that much of a chance. But he's hoping Gina will take the hint and maybe not pry into it too much???]