Quote:“Oh god…” If I could overthink Naruto’s dialogue enough to be confused by it, thinking he meant more than he let on, how would other ninja respond? Used to the head-games, used to the veiled meanings and hidden messages? He was their worst nightmare. He was literally brilliantly obtuse because he wasn’t even good enough at saying what he wanted to say in a way that was unambiguous. He could probably screw up asking a girl if she wanted to hang out and make her think he wanted to have sex or something equally stupid. What place was there for a person like him in a society filled with quadruple feints in dialogue?http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/ ... t-13626500
“What?” Naruto tilted his head further. “Something I said?”
I heard something of a whimper escape my own lips. “You’re a magnificent bastard and you don’t even know why.”
“Thanks!” Naruto flashed me a grin, one that barely obscured incomprehension behind a basking in the obvious words of praise.
Or was that what he wanted me to think?
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