157 visions of the future // I am not late; my timing was quite intentional, I assure you.

[i_themagician]

Believe it or not, most people will knowingly press a button that will inflict pain on someone else for no reason other than because they were told to. Some people will even do it without being told and for no reward. Should it really surprise anyone, then, that such a device that seems to come from a figure of some power and authority and with

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[moresake]

Presumption is a favorite tool of those who do not wish to ask.

[i_themagician]

And also quite a dangerous one.

[moresake]

It has very definite consequences, yes.

[i_themagician]

I believe it is the cause of smugness.

[moresake]

That would explain a lot about you.

[i_themagician]

Indeed. If other people were less presumptuous, I wouldn't need to be so smug.

[moresake]

There are few people more presumptuous than you.

[i_themagician]

Perhaps, but I'm usually right.

[moresake]

That's exactly the attitude that people find irritating.

[i_themagician]

How is the truth an attitude?

[moresake]

Tone, Clow, tone. As you know. People don't like someone who acts as though he knows everything.

[i_themagician]

You like me.

[moresake]

It is a mystery I sometimes try to solve.

[i_themagician]

Whatever the reason, it is more than enough for me.

[moresake]

Perhaps it is your sense of romance.

[i_themagician]

Yuuko is secretly a romantic at heart. ♥