[ Varian isn't being quite honest here, but he doesn't mean to hide his thought process either, but not for any sense of shame. They're painful things, consisting of red blood and clots and black tar and so many other things, and nothing that he would casually dump on a near stranger.
Nothing he would, especially when it runs deeper, because more than anything he's trying to pieces his shattered view of the world back together. He therefore considers what's said here seriously, a sort of consideration that no scientific property could draw from him.
There's so much more he could ask. There's so much more he wants to ask, but it feels like so much and so overwhelming, and that is enough for him to chew on for now. It's difficult. It is, but he made his choice, and he doesn't regret it. He regrets failing. ]
It is.
[ He lets out a sigh. No, he isn't that sort to unload his problems onto others, but rather he more directly asks - ]
... What is "justice?" What do you think that justice is?
[ There is a bit of sternness to that question - nothing demanding, not notable at all save for it coming from such a mild mannered person. It's no different from how that intense look is not notable at all except for how flippant he tends to be even when serious, because it's something he doesn't understand. He doesn't, despite his genius, but he's aware of it, and that means it requires closer attention. ]
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Nothing he would, especially when it runs deeper, because more than anything he's trying to pieces his shattered view of the world back together. He therefore considers what's said here seriously, a sort of consideration that no scientific property could draw from him.
There's so much more he could ask. There's so much more he wants to ask, but it feels like so much and so overwhelming, and that is enough for him to chew on for now. It's difficult. It is, but he made his choice, and he doesn't regret it. He regrets failing. ]
It is.
[ He lets out a sigh. No, he isn't that sort to unload his problems onto others, but rather he more directly asks - ]
... What is "justice?" What do you think that justice is?
[ There is a bit of sternness to that question - nothing demanding, not notable at all save for it coming from such a mild mannered person. It's no different from how that intense look is not notable at all except for how flippant he tends to be even when serious, because it's something he doesn't understand. He doesn't, despite his genius, but he's aware of it, and that means it requires closer attention. ]