I wasn't sure if he already knew...! I played dumb like I didn't know what he was talking about back then.
[ He pauses, the sense of how dumb he'd really been sinking in now; he wasn't just playing. But dumb in an entirely different way. Dumb and dumber yet, apparently: ]
...And today, I tried the same thing... Acted like he was talking crazy... Like maybe it'd convince him not to be suspicious, right? Like it was all in his head? But it didn't work. I just—
[ He draws his legs up on the cushions, into himself, as he hugs his arms and casts his gaze aside awkwardly. ]
...What a stupid thing to get found out over. Y'know? If bellybuttons are so important to human-ing— how come my dad never mentioned it? His belly didn't have a button, either...!
[ Since his dad was an all-knowing expert at human-ing and taught Alberto everything he knew, naturally. Anything important he'd need to know, he'd been sure his dad had already known and taught him. Even for how many things have completely sideswiped him in the past few months since living in Portorosso and Kaisou, he's still certain his dad knew everything there was to know about everything. And he's mad that he never told him about bellybuttons... but worried that his dad didn't know, either — because that puts yet another crack in the pedestal Alberto's dad still sits on. Let alone in his own confidence that he's just as good at human-ing as his dad was. Just... more and more cracks in his confidence in general. It's been a rough few hours dispelling that feeling, to no real avail. ]
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Date: 2022-07-08 03:06 pm (UTC)[ He pauses, the sense of how dumb he'd really been sinking in now; he wasn't just playing. But dumb in an entirely different way. Dumb and dumber yet, apparently: ]
...And today, I tried the same thing... Acted like he was talking crazy... Like maybe it'd convince him not to be suspicious, right? Like it was all in his head? But it didn't work. I just—
[ He draws his legs up on the cushions, into himself, as he hugs his arms and casts his gaze aside awkwardly. ]
...What a stupid thing to get found out over. Y'know? If bellybuttons are so important to human-ing— how come my dad never mentioned it? His belly didn't have a button, either...!
[ Since his dad was an all-knowing expert at human-ing and taught Alberto everything he knew, naturally. Anything important he'd need to know, he'd been sure his dad had already known and taught him. Even for how many things have completely sideswiped him in the past few months since living in Portorosso and Kaisou, he's still certain his dad knew everything there was to know about everything. And he's mad that he never told him about bellybuttons... but worried that his dad didn't know, either — because that puts yet another crack in the pedestal Alberto's dad still sits on. Let alone in his own confidence that he's just as good at human-ing as his dad was. Just... more and more cracks in his confidence in general. It's been a rough few hours dispelling that feeling, to no real avail. ]