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[retsuden]

[ There has been a great deal of things that Sasuke has learned about in the few weeks he's been here just from talking to new people. All of them have been extremely confusing concepts, like therapy and the idea that people take care of children when they don't have anyone else to take care of them.

Some of these conversations where he's learned things have ended in more questions than answers. He could ask for more clarification from the few he's already made contact with, but the more possible answers he can get, the better. He thinks.

He hopes.

This could be a mistake. ]

How would you suggest someone improve their communication skills?

If your go to response is "talk to people", spare me. I'm only interested in more thorough answers.

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[retsuden]

[ Sasuke's getting used to not fully understanding the majority of what this guy says when he talks, but still being able to follow the general emotion of it. He's able to tell just how much he understands, how genuine he is in his support of him, and there's enough things that he fully comprehends that he feels something over it. A tightening in his chest, a burning in his throat, all the signs he gets when someone fully, truly understands the things he's gone through and gets just how awful it is.

He has to take a deep breath. Several, actually, as he reads the text again to figure out what to say. Thank you feels weak. Gratitude isn't something he's good at expressing, no matter how deeply he feels it. But silence wouldn't be a good response either. ]

What the hell is cocaine?

[klawful]

(After dating Dave Strider, one of the Strider brothers whose entire ass personality was being hard to read, Karkat isn't remotely phased by the response. It feels appropriate given the emotional vulnerability of the conversation so he doesn't push. He's not being told to go fuck himself so he figures he maybe said something halfway decent. Or at least nothing isolating. He would take it.

Plus now he gets to explain Scarface to someone! He never gets to explain Scarface to anyone.)

IT IS THIS DRUG THAT MAKES YOUR BRAINS GO FUCKING BONKERS. THERE'S THIS ONE MOVIE CALLED SCARFACE WHERE THIS DUDE DOES A MEGA LOAD OF COCAINE AND THEN IS ALL LIKE, "SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND!" AND BLITZES THE HELL OUT OF A BUNCH OF GANGSTERS.

ANYWAY, IT MAKES YOU DO SOME CRAZY SHIT THAT MAKES NO SENSE. IT IS ACTUALLY KIND OF SAD BECAUSE ADDICTION IS A DISEASE, BUT SOME PEOPLE CAN DO DRUGS WHO AREN'T ADDICTED, AND THEN IT'S JUST LIKE, DUDE, WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR LIFE.

[retsuden]

[ He'll never admit to the fact that he definitely fucking laughed at the idea of his village leaders being high on cocaine after this explanation. ]

In that case, it's not the most impossible theory. The Hokages haven't all been the most sober of individuals.

[ Here's lookin at you, Tsunade ]