Well, at first I was a bit worried by how Zeke was slipping into a well socialized stance and how he didn't seem have the awkwardness his background should
account for in such a situation. He seemed oddly well practiced in something this intimate rather than awkward and stumbling... then I realized, and this was
a round-about social spackle trick from his background... the history behind the tea was a good, subtle tip off. In other words he has slipped into shaman
mode... and as the point of a shaman is to first attend to the mental needs of the his people. Everything just expands from there. The physical healing, the
magic and communing with advise give spirits, etc.. The drop a parable and give them time to chew on it trick, making tea was a nice way of accomplishing
that, was a good transition. I still get the feeling that he'll get rapidly lost if it goes from the emotional intimacy into a more physical type, which
is exactly what he should be like. Though I expect that to come up clearly by chapter 3's end.
Did a nice job of making Rei's exposition there flow nicely as contemplation and the setting is nicely appropriate setting for such thoughts. Though you
have doomed yourself to having Zeke have to do something like this in future so that people with less of a background in critical plot thinking can catch on
to this... or you're going to constantly get bombarded with comments and reviews insisting your well though out character quirks are nonsense BS plot
holes. To them, Zeke with keep going through what they will insist are rapid inexplicable character shifts. To that end, at least one of these
'counseling session' are going to have to be with a guy... and with the cast that shouldn't be an issue, provided that you actually remember this
particular setting is not everyone's comfort zone... also be careful not to make it seem like the end point of this feature is to rambling on about a
character's motives just to change them to your own ends. As a side note, at least one of the shows involved does this with what ends up being a rather
frustrated whore.
Love this line... that and all the little bits of insight in their personal view points are fun.
account for in such a situation. He seemed oddly well practiced in something this intimate rather than awkward and stumbling... then I realized, and this was
a round-about social spackle trick from his background... the history behind the tea was a good, subtle tip off. In other words he has slipped into shaman
mode... and as the point of a shaman is to first attend to the mental needs of the his people. Everything just expands from there. The physical healing, the
magic and communing with advise give spirits, etc.. The drop a parable and give them time to chew on it trick, making tea was a nice way of accomplishing
that, was a good transition. I still get the feeling that he'll get rapidly lost if it goes from the emotional intimacy into a more physical type, which
is exactly what he should be like. Though I expect that to come up clearly by chapter 3's end.
Did a nice job of making Rei's exposition there flow nicely as contemplation and the setting is nicely appropriate setting for such thoughts. Though you
have doomed yourself to having Zeke have to do something like this in future so that people with less of a background in critical plot thinking can catch on
to this... or you're going to constantly get bombarded with comments and reviews insisting your well though out character quirks are nonsense BS plot
holes. To them, Zeke with keep going through what they will insist are rapid inexplicable character shifts. To that end, at least one of these
'counseling session' are going to have to be with a guy... and with the cast that shouldn't be an issue, provided that you actually remember this
particular setting is not everyone's comfort zone... also be careful not to make it seem like the end point of this feature is to rambling on about a
character's motives just to change them to your own ends. As a side note, at least one of the shows involved does this with what ends up being a rather
frustrated whore.
Quote: Part of her was mortally embarrassed at having inspired such a radical perversion of her knowledge of Shinto.
Love this line... that and all the little bits of insight in their personal view points are fun.