[Oh, no. Joshua believed him. Really, it wasn't too odd a concept. After all, he's fairly certain that if he told someone he could communicate with a city - not the people in it, but the city itself - they would think he was crazy, too.
After all, his own mother had forbid him as a child to talk about seeing 'ghosts' and 'demons', just so Joshua wouldn't be labeled insane.
Another moment of silence passed as Ryoji finished speaking. ... somehow, these same words didn't have the same impact that they had a couple of months ago, when he'd first heard something like them. Not quite as surprising, not anywhere near as startling or upsetting... was he becoming used to this? Already?
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After all, his own mother had forbid him as a child to talk about seeing 'ghosts' and 'demons', just so Joshua wouldn't be labeled insane.
Another moment of silence passed as Ryoji finished speaking. ... somehow, these same words didn't have the same impact that they had a couple of months ago, when he'd first heard something like them. Not quite as surprising, not anywhere near as startling or upsetting... was he becoming used to this? Already?
He laughed.]
Well, aren't you the lucky one, then.