[Humbling, she thinks, would require some sort of preconceived hubris. Instead she uses "humanizing". Reminding them that even if they can better themselves at games that are rigged or perhaps have a learning curve, they all still need to start from square one. And the human part of it is the work involved in overcoming that challenge.
Rin has the mancala board set between them. Her hand full with the glass stones as she carefully places a set number in every divot in the board. They cannot begin the game until the board is set: both "goals" empty and each divot containing the same number of pebbles to start.]
I've had fun today too. Thank you for coming out with me.
[ tseng's smile is small, but warm and genuine. "humanizing" is a good word for it, especially in the wake of his and rin's conversation about tseng's existence as more weapon than human. being bad at something makes him human. the turks had never included a training regimen on mancala.
he leans back on one hand to watch rin set up the board, taking a sip of his drink as he does. in the name of trying to loosen up a little, tseng is not wearing his usual shirtsleeves and slacks, having traded them for (gasp) jeans and a long-sleeved sweater instead. ]
I'm glad you invited me. You were a good teacher to a mediocre student today.
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[Humbling, she thinks, would require some sort of preconceived hubris. Instead she uses "humanizing". Reminding them that even if they can better themselves at games that are rigged or perhaps have a learning curve, they all still need to start from square one. And the human part of it is the work involved in overcoming that challenge.
Rin has the mancala board set between them. Her hand full with the glass stones as she carefully places a set number in every divot in the board. They cannot begin the game until the board is set: both "goals" empty and each divot containing the same number of pebbles to start.]
I've had fun today too. Thank you for coming out with me.
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[ tseng's smile is small, but warm and genuine. "humanizing" is a good word for it, especially in the wake of his and rin's conversation about tseng's existence as more weapon than human. being bad at something makes him human. the turks had never included a training regimen on mancala.
he leans back on one hand to watch rin set up the board, taking a sip of his drink as he does. in the name of trying to loosen up a little, tseng is not wearing his usual shirtsleeves and slacks, having traded them for (gasp) jeans and a long-sleeved sweater instead. ]
I'm glad you invited me. You were a good teacher to a mediocre student today.