[ He's automatically like this about everything, you are correct. Although he can't discredit the game's effect on him either. The cosmic timing of things was just perfect - he was in the mood to distract himself anyway.
There is nothing wrong with counting!!!
He jokes back with Tidus, but it will take a very perceptive person to hear the distinct warmth in his tone this time around. ]
Heh. I do. Stories are important. They're...what you can bring home with you.
[ Nope, he's not going there right now. BACK TO THE GAME. There's an animated cartoon again, so Roland's avatar is playing out a scene. He can't move it, and he certainly isn't going to press buttons to skip the scene! But he's only half watching. The rest of his attention falls to recalling the mission. Once again, Roland is visibly shocked (or as visibly shocked as one can be when wearing a headpiece) that his perceptions were indeed, on the money. ]
That's a good question. Well, let's retrace what we know. The Dweller and The Burrower is...their god. We know that scientists sent unknown but oddly specific information about their planet to an alien source, which turned out to be a violent entity that covered the surface with orbs that evolved into monsters. We also know that the scientists who escaped were aided by an alien force to safety.
[ This was a pretty long cutscene. There were cheesy lines about being a hero. Ack. Roland loves these. He's actually really into it. But he's also a really good multitasker so he doesn't miss a beat. ] Was there anything from the Red or Orange team on an approaching monster that maybe we didn't get to see underground? It could be that the warning was for the huge wave of monsters that swarmed us during the last few days...Gah. You're right. I told you, if we had a chance to stay longer, I would have bargained for it. I wanted to know how to stop the monsters from coming back for good, but if they're connected to something organic to the planet, then what's to say they won't come back after we've left?
[ He's grasping for straws though. He only knows a little bit of the information, piecemeal as it came. His old frustrations are coming back up; the idea that he couldn't solve this mystery gets to him more than he cares to admit. ]
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There is nothing wrong with counting!!!
He jokes back with Tidus, but it will take a very perceptive person to hear the distinct warmth in his tone this time around. ]
Heh. I do. Stories are important. They're...what you can bring home with you.
[ Nope, he's not going there right now. BACK TO THE GAME. There's an animated cartoon again, so Roland's avatar is playing out a scene. He can't move it, and he certainly isn't going to press buttons to skip the scene! But he's only half watching. The rest of his attention falls to recalling the mission. Once again, Roland is visibly shocked (or as visibly shocked as one can be when wearing a headpiece) that his perceptions were indeed, on the money. ]
That's a good question. Well, let's retrace what we know. The Dweller and The Burrower is...their god. We know that scientists sent unknown but oddly specific information about their planet to an alien source, which turned out to be a violent entity that covered the surface with orbs that evolved into monsters. We also know that the scientists who escaped were aided by an alien force to safety.
[ This was a pretty long cutscene. There were cheesy lines about being a hero. Ack. Roland loves these. He's actually really into it. But he's also a really good multitasker so he doesn't miss a beat. ] Was there anything from the Red or Orange team on an approaching monster that maybe we didn't get to see underground? It could be that the warning was for the huge wave of monsters that swarmed us during the last few days...Gah. You're right. I told you, if we had a chance to stay longer, I would have bargained for it. I wanted to know how to stop the monsters from coming back for good, but if they're connected to something organic to the planet, then what's to say they won't come back after we've left?
[ He's grasping for straws though. He only knows a little bit of the information, piecemeal as it came. His old frustrations are coming back up; the idea that he couldn't solve this mystery gets to him more than he cares to admit. ]