Quote:You do realize that the phrase he's got nothing to gain by screwing her over and no interest in doing so for its own sake can be taken in so many ways. ^^
Well, for a value of 'trust' that expands to her accepting that he's got nothing to gain by screwing her over and no interest in doing so for its own sake - or that's how she rationalizes it, anyway. Actually, I don't think she's near as amoral as she likes to think she is - she's too bitter about Mai's public persona when the full implications of her claimed position would make it a matter of complete indifference. She doesn't strike me as a complete cynic so much as someone who's angry that 'morality' has betrayed her...
As you said in a previous post, the first guy who has no interest in bedding her is going to be seen by her as a challenge. Which could set off a reaction by some of the others.
Of course, I don't think Midori has told the others that there is a 22 year old under that 15 year old mask. Which might puzzle the girls because the reactions are out of place for a 15 (but not a 22) year old guy. Not to mention to cultural clues would be slightly out of whack.
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