[There's a lot to unpack here. A lot that this kid that Jon is quietly dubbing "tomato head" in his mind, said that he has to come to terms with.
A card game? If Jon weren't used to the idea that books could be fear incarnate and also evil, if he had still been in the mindset of "feigned ignorance is safety" then he would just dismiss it out of hand. A card game that let you summon monsters that was both a sport and a cultural norm so far as using them to fight out arguments and disputes?
Tomato kid hadn't heard of London either, and he was from Miami? That was in the United States right? He'd been there for a time, but hadn't gotten around to visiting the place. But surely he would have at least heard of London in an abstract way, right?]
It would be best to stick together, yes.
[Jon's agreement was probably delayed. He had a lot on his mind, a lot that he'd been learning in the last few hours and trying to adjust to the new environment on top of that. It was a lot to process. He did think that there's safety in finding people you got on with and sticking with them though. Especially if-]
How old are you?
[Especially if this guy was as young as he looked. The glares he'd been getting, well. Jon hadn't been receiving the best treatment by the locals here but he hadn't been shown outright hostility up until this point. He didn't know if the people here would attack a child either. He hoped not.]
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A card game? If Jon weren't used to the idea that books could be fear incarnate and also evil, if he had still been in the mindset of "feigned ignorance is safety" then he would just dismiss it out of hand. A card game that let you summon monsters that was both a sport and a cultural norm so far as using them to fight out arguments and disputes?
Tomato kid hadn't heard of London either, and he was from Miami? That was in the United States right? He'd been there for a time, but hadn't gotten around to visiting the place. But surely he would have at least heard of London in an abstract way, right?]
It would be best to stick together, yes.
[Jon's agreement was probably delayed. He had a lot on his mind, a lot that he'd been learning in the last few hours and trying to adjust to the new environment on top of that. It was a lot to process. He did think that there's safety in finding people you got on with and sticking with them though. Especially if-]
How old are you?
[Especially if this guy was as young as he looked. The glares he'd been getting, well. Jon hadn't been receiving the best treatment by the locals here but he hadn't been shown outright hostility up until this point. He didn't know if the people here would attack a child either. He hoped not.]
And. And your name. I'm Jon, by the way.