[That's a definite possibility, given Emil's, um, struggles with using his Jewel, but Lalli isn't dumb enough to say that... even though his face totally gives him away, anyway. Well...]
Not if you focus.
[It's not something he's going to push, but it's also not something he's going to offer to take care of for him. A tiny splinter is of no concern to him, especially when he considers the, like, eight boards he has yet to start kicking. Hmm.
...Hmm. Give him a second here, please, to study the board he was kicking before the Terrible Splinter Fiasco. Empathy isn't his thing! It's hard for him to imagine how or why Emil is struggling with the magical basics, but as he remembers how easily Emil yanked that first board free after he seriously struggled with it... hey, it's a start? It flicks an incredibly small switch somewhere in that brain of his.]
You're... getting better. [He gives the board a swift kick, pretending to pay very close attention to it as he does so.] ...Maybe.
no subject
Not if you focus.
[It's not something he's going to push, but it's also not something he's going to offer to take care of for him. A tiny splinter is of no concern to him, especially when he considers the, like, eight boards he has yet to start kicking. Hmm.
...Hmm. Give him a second here, please, to study the board he was kicking before the Terrible Splinter Fiasco. Empathy isn't his thing! It's hard for him to imagine how or why Emil is struggling with the magical basics, but as he remembers how easily Emil yanked that first board free after he seriously struggled with it... hey, it's a start? It flicks an incredibly small switch somewhere in that brain of his.]
You're... getting better. [He gives the board a swift kick, pretending to pay very close attention to it as he does so.] ...Maybe.
[Accidental progress is still progress.]