>>5616697“I’m aware of what must be going through your minds! That I made a major blunder and I weaseled my way out of it by stealing the recipe. Yes, I admit pastries aren’t my forte and I was reasonably concerned about the challenge, but my reasons are deeper than you think…” Gerard is confident that what he’s going to say is going to cause a paradigm shift! “Bashi. You don’t know Bashi as well as I do. He was an eccentric. And his eccentricities he saw as his funny quirky perks were nothing but annoyances to those — like me — who had to endure his presence every day. Every single day since I was 6 years of age, since these blue peepers saw his rectangle face for the very first time, I heard this man talk about <span class="mu-i">his trusty little pocket that has never failed him and never will</span>!” Gerard mocks Kobashi’s voice in a way that’s fairly faithful. “...And he was right every single time. Every time I forgot whatever important item at home like the keys to my apartment or my wallet, without fault, he’ll remark <span class="mu-i">‘Good thing I have my keys in my trusty little pocket’</span>, or <span class="mu-i">‘good thing I have my wallet in my trusty little pocket’</span>, or <span class="mu-i">‘Good thing I keep sugar cream in my trusty little pocket’</span>! And every single time I HATED IT. <span class="mu-s">I HAD ENOUGH</span>! Bashi needed to LEARN his lesson. He should <span class="mu-s">NOT</span> trust <span class="mu-i">anybody</span> or <span class="mu-s">anything</span>. I *did* him a favor. <span class="mu-s">I</span> made him the man who —supposedly— saved the world. <span class="mu-s">You should all be thanking ME —HIS BEST FRIEND — for recognizing his weakness, and fixing it for him</span>.” Gerard has become unhinged. “...And yeah, I wanted the scholarship. Too bad the recipe wasn’t even that good, and I didn’t get it.”
“Did it occur to you that you didn’t do the recipe justice?” Odetta asks the all-important question.
“Not answering you.” Gerard decides to ignore the weird gal. “Has it all become clear to you now, hmm? You could consider me a victim. A martyr even. It won’t be the last time I have to play that role. Life is funny, really.” He gets all melancholic. “Next question.”
“What’s your deal in the war? You seem to change sides pretty often.” You raise your hand and ask the questions once Patches gives you the word.
“<span class="mu-i">War</span>? You call this a *war*? I was deployed twice and fought alongside the revolutionaries, young beetle. I saw real bloodshed. Half of this city burned to ashes. This is child’s play! A massive tantrum of supposed adults wanting a crown they don’t deserve! It’s pathetic.” Gerard really takes your words to heart. “You get a couple of giant monsters roaming around like the old days, and people now think it’s the end of the world. Grow up.”
