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[notsolomon]

This is William Twining. I shall reply to your message at my earliest convenience. Thank you. ***BEEP***

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[babermetrics]

A ring of wisdom? Is that like a normal thing in your world?

[What? Maybe it's a history thing, or a white people thing, or maybe it's a magical demon summoner thing. Leon's not sure which. He just knows it sounds crazy to him.]

I'm assumin' that doesn't mean like, you wear it and you pass all your tests, right? Just kidding!

[notsolomon]

No, it's not.

[And once again, he's thinking that he should admit the truth, because while it hasn't happened, what if Solomon did come out at some particularly inconvenient moment? Wouldn't it be kind of nice for his friends to know what's going on and not freak out? Kazuya knew about, but that was because he had guessed.

But it was uncomfortable to explain. It sounded insane. too insane.]

Do I seem like the kind of person who would need it to help pass a test? Any test? [Unless we were talking the dreaded PE test...]

But no. It's God's wisdom passed down to man. So it's very powerful. I think I could even enslave any demon if I so wanted with it.

[babermetrics]

. . . I can't believe you can even say all that with a straight face.

[It sure does sound insane. Yes. They are agreed on that point! But—Leon believes him. William's not the kind of guy who'd just make this shit up, or joke about it. And he's smart, and not crazy. This is probably all legit . . . it's just completely outside the realm of things Leon ever thought he'd be hearing and believing.

On the other hand, so is his entire life these days. He can't really cast stones here, and he knows that too, so he just sighs.]

But I believe you! We've all got some crazy crap going on by now.

. . . Are you sayin' if you had that thing, you could enslave the demons here? Just like that? I know we've got demons here!

[notsolomon]

[He's good at saying lots of crap with a straight face. It's a shame this is all actually true sometimes.]

In theory, assuming they worked the way other demons do. But...

[He gave an exaggerated wave of his arms.]

Why bother with anyone useless! I am only going to use those who prove themselves instrumental to my plans!

[babermetrics]

Heh, yeah, you—wait, what?

[A classic moment of starting to spout off agreement before he actually pays attention to the words, and then they sink in and he catches himself, with some confusion.]

Are you masterminding something or what? You sound like some kind of manga villain when you say stuff like that!

[notsolomon]

I am no villain! I just have goals! Is that so wrong?

[Granted, his goals are kind of nebulous right now, but...]

[babermetrics]

That totally depends on what the goals are . . . you gonna take over the world? Just kidding!

[He says, and then waits for William to actually answer it, just in case he wasn't actually kidding, which he wasn't if he was right.]

[notsolomon]

No. Who wants that? Not that I couldn't do a good job of leading it, but I do plan on becoming Prime Minister one day. One should always look to their home first before the world.

[And besides, William does want to have some of his own personal time. That is important.]

But if the world would happen to fall into my lap, I would hardly mind.

[He's talking big and probably shouldn't be taken too seriously, Leon.]

[babermetrics]

Ha ha, no way! What would you even do with it, huh?

[He snorts and takes another bite of pizza, finally. Whether or not it should be taken seriously, William's big talk is pretty hilarious, and a very special kind of charming.]

[notsolomon]

[You mocking him Leon? Well he's just going to totally not pout for a moment while taking some more pizza... geez, how much as he eaten?]

Make the world a better place of course! I have the brains to lead, so it's only natural that I use them for that purpose.

[babermetrics]

[The only way to stop eating pizza is to run out of pizza, this is a well known fact.]

Heh, seriously . . . you're so weird! You go from sounding like supervillain to hero in like two sentences, what's up with that?

[notsolomon]

[Then fortunately they are a long way off from that sorry state of not eating pizza.]

Supervillain? Hah, well greatness can often be mistaken for evil and is misunderstood in it's own time.

[He's not offended, at least not much. He knows ambition is an intimidating quality to some.]