I am proud, believe me. I never thought I'd do anything like this.
[Certainly not back home. Difficult to imagine the whole "what I want to do when I grow up" theorizing when your whole life has been mapped out and predetermined for two thousand years. Art, gaming, any of his social or charity work that kept him hopping when his father couldn't be involved with the public- none of that was in the cards long term. To be standing here, in the middle of a virtual world that he helped create, is quite literally walking through a dream come true. The chance to be someone, anyone, besides who he actually is or who everyone expects him to be.
To slip into the identity of an insignificant designer, or even this fictional Phoenix Knight, is so unbelievably freeing. So yes, he's very proud.]
And you too- you took all these pieces and fit them together into something tangible. That's so cool.
[Since she's already brushing against the water, he just goes ahead and indulges: he steps right into the edge of the pool, soaking his decorated boots and squishing both feet into the digital sand below. If the program stays this realistic, he'll have wet shoes for an hour after this. He doesn't care in the slightest.]
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[Certainly not back home. Difficult to imagine the whole "what I want to do when I grow up" theorizing when your whole life has been mapped out and predetermined for two thousand years. Art, gaming, any of his social or charity work that kept him hopping when his father couldn't be involved with the public- none of that was in the cards long term. To be standing here, in the middle of a virtual world that he helped create, is quite literally walking through a dream come true. The chance to be someone, anyone, besides who he actually is or who everyone expects him to be.
To slip into the identity of an insignificant designer, or even this fictional Phoenix Knight, is so unbelievably freeing. So yes, he's very proud.]
And you too- you took all these pieces and fit them together into something tangible. That's so cool.
[Since she's already brushing against the water, he just goes ahead and indulges: he steps right into the edge of the pool, soaking his decorated boots and squishing both feet into the digital sand below. If the program stays this realistic, he'll have wet shoes for an hour after this. He doesn't care in the slightest.]