It wasn't the best question you could have bought with your name, but it was unusual, for sure, and Hibiki could tell that the boy across him had thought it over. Enough that it put a different kind of smile over his face.
It belonged to a chess player that had seen his opponent make an unexpected move, and was respectfully impressed, if not worried, by it.
"It runs in the family," he began, eating a little more before idly adding, while pointing his chopsticks up. "You would find it strange, but that we are: a family of eight! Could you believe it? And all of us are good at it. It's practically how grandpa and grandma came together. He was a merchant, but he dabbled on tricks and wordplay, you know, like most merchants, and now grandmother, ah, she was a lady who liked to play by the rules... but clever as they come. Not to say that they wanted to pass it ON to us, but let's just say when there's people like them around, you HAVE to learn a trick or two. Magical genetics, if you may want to call it that, though oh," pause for a bite, "Ours is a case that makes a very good argument to the whole 'nurture' instead of 'born that way' thing, since it seems to happen even with family that isn't all that related. My side of the family, well, we've always been good at illusions, sleight of hand, that sort of thing."
He smiled then, but didn't immediately ask a question in return. He was waiting for Akito's next move.
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It belonged to a chess player that had seen his opponent make an unexpected move, and was respectfully impressed, if not worried, by it.
"It runs in the family," he began, eating a little more before idly adding, while pointing his chopsticks up. "You would find it strange, but that we are: a family of eight! Could you believe it? And all of us are good at it. It's practically how grandpa and grandma came together. He was a merchant, but he dabbled on tricks and wordplay, you know, like most merchants, and now grandmother, ah, she was a lady who liked to play by the rules... but clever as they come. Not to say that they wanted to pass it ON to us, but let's just say when there's people like them around, you HAVE to learn a trick or two. Magical genetics, if you may want to call it that, though oh," pause for a bite, "Ours is a case that makes a very good argument to the whole 'nurture' instead of 'born that way' thing, since it seems to happen even with family that isn't all that related. My side of the family, well, we've always been good at illusions, sleight of hand, that sort of thing."
He smiled then, but didn't immediately ask a question in return. He was waiting for Akito's next move.