[Does he say 'was,' or 'is?' That's maybe the most confusing part of dealing with his parents who are dead, but might come back. He settles on the hopeful option.]
Father is a samurai. I don't think blowguns and poison darts were among the weapons he'd mastered. I could be wrong, though.
[The reluctance to accept an invitation to practice halted his enthusiasm, too. He had such trouble making connections with kids around his age, and sometimes he didn't understand why. When it was kids who'd never seen their parents murdered in front of them, who'd never taken on the responsibility of superheroing, THAT he understood - but all he'd done was invite the new boy to come shoot with him. Was that wrong? Did he not realize that few people on this station used such archaic weapons, or was Kubo just . . . still too strange for other kids, even here, in his way?]
I don't know what you mean.
[What etiquette was he breaching, here? He thought about it carefully.]
I'm not friendly to cruel people.
[Kyou could, for example, go and ask Rico, but Kubo rolled his eyes even at the thought of bringing Rico into this conversation.]
no subject
[Does he say 'was,' or 'is?' That's maybe the most confusing part of dealing with his parents who are dead, but might come back. He settles on the hopeful option.]
Father is a samurai. I don't think blowguns and poison darts were among the weapons he'd mastered. I could be wrong, though.
[The reluctance to accept an invitation to practice halted his enthusiasm, too. He had such trouble making connections with kids around his age, and sometimes he didn't understand why. When it was kids who'd never seen their parents murdered in front of them, who'd never taken on the responsibility of superheroing, THAT he understood - but all he'd done was invite the new boy to come shoot with him. Was that wrong? Did he not realize that few people on this station used such archaic weapons, or was Kubo just . . . still too strange for other kids, even here, in his way?]
I don't know what you mean.
[What etiquette was he breaching, here? He thought about it carefully.]
I'm not friendly to cruel people.
[Kyou could, for example, go and ask Rico, but Kubo rolled his eyes even at the thought of bringing Rico into this conversation.]