The 'confused human energy' is STRONG with this one, yeah, and it's only getting worse.
Ryunosuke is trying SO hard to keep a straight face, to not crush this kid by looking overwhelmingly incredulous of his claims, but like... The boy thinks he's supposed to be a turtle. A talking turtle. That... knows ninjutsu, supposedly.
...
Is...
Is he OKAY????
Ryunosuke is no expert on child rearing but he's PRETTY SURE kids are supposed to be over this kind of insistence upon imaginary things being real by this age??? Maybe this one has had too much sugar to eat? Maybe he got bumped in the head somehow? Does he need a DOCTOR? Or, or maybe HE, Ryunosuke, is the one that needs his head examined...?
"R... Right. The basics! Yes. I see," he manages to kind of wheeze after a long moment, the corners of his mouth twitching. "Yes, I'm... Human, usually. Always... Always have been."
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Ryunosuke is trying SO hard to keep a straight face, to not crush this kid by looking overwhelmingly incredulous of his claims, but like... The boy thinks he's supposed to be a turtle. A talking turtle. That... knows ninjutsu, supposedly.
...
Is...
Is he OKAY????
Ryunosuke is no expert on child rearing but he's PRETTY SURE kids are supposed to be over this kind of insistence upon imaginary things being real by this age??? Maybe this one has had too much sugar to eat? Maybe he got bumped in the head somehow? Does he need a DOCTOR? Or, or maybe HE, Ryunosuke, is the one that needs his head examined...?
"R... Right. The basics! Yes. I see," he manages to kind of wheeze after a long moment, the corners of his mouth twitching. "Yes, I'm... Human, usually. Always... Always have been."