"I remember what me and my brothers were like at thirteen." He leaned in closer and narrowed his eyes, still walking along beside her. "Since it was all of three years ago."
He was at that age where he wasn't so far off from childhood to forget what it was like but old enough to have a sense of people and himself.
"If you're going to outright threaten somebody who fights ninjas on a day to day basis; you pretty much might as well drop the cutesy act while doing it. Me and my brothers have had people deceive and manipulate us tons of times to try to get in close to kill us."
A lot of Molly's shenanigans seemed sincere but this made it clear not all of the cuteness was and when he looked at all the little pieces, when he really thought about her age, when he thought about how that adorableness could be used to manipulate...
"Because we're ninjas that fight ninjas and deception's pretty much the standard ninja MO." Which was why he was now critiquing her. "If you want to threaten someone but not break character with the cutesy thing you should just drop something like 'you better not be mean to her, I have superstrength, Mister Turtle' and leave it there. But you went a little too dark on the imagery and drew attention to it. Cutesy kids don't threaten to drop kick people a whole block, they keep it simple because they don't understand intimidation needs something solid and scary behind it."
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He was at that age where he wasn't so far off from childhood to forget what it was like but old enough to have a sense of people and himself.
"If you're going to outright threaten somebody who fights ninjas on a day to day basis; you pretty much might as well drop the cutesy act while doing it. Me and my brothers have had people deceive and manipulate us tons of times to try to get in close to kill us."
A lot of Molly's shenanigans seemed sincere but this made it clear not all of the cuteness was and when he looked at all the little pieces, when he really thought about her age, when he thought about how that adorableness could be used to manipulate...
"Because we're ninjas that fight ninjas and deception's pretty much the standard ninja MO." Which was why he was now critiquing her. "If you want to threaten someone but not break character with the cutesy thing you should just drop something like 'you better not be mean to her, I have superstrength, Mister Turtle' and leave it there. But you went a little too dark on the imagery and drew attention to it. Cutesy kids don't threaten to drop kick people a whole block, they keep it simple because they don't understand intimidation needs something solid and scary behind it."