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As soon as Sara did start to ask him about more details about his major, Sou’s whole attitude seemed to change. His eyes seemed more clear and his body language was more open. Not that he noticed the changes in his behavior that happened as soon as the topic of something he felt really passionate about came up.
“Oh, I don’t want to bore you with details. It has a lot to do with math as well, so it’s not for everyone. To put it simply though, it’s the study of processes that are used when you interact with data, and also what can be represented as data in the form of programs. A lot of math and programming involved, really. One of the most important parts to study is the programming language, so it’s really more about the software, rather than the hardware of a computer..” He could go on more and more about it, but the more he would tell her about it, the more he would also reveal about his true self, wouldn’t he? Which as a hacker, wasn’t really beneficial to him.
“Ah, sorry. I went off there…” His excited self only lasted for a very brief moment, and as soon as he adjusted his beanie once more, his aloof self was back. “What about you? I can imagine what psychology’s all about, but, are you enjoying yourself so far?” He imagined that topic to get a little troublesome with time- The human mind could be rather bothersome after all… But, he was more a man about numbers and logic, rather than about emotions and other social topics anyway.
Sara didn’t feel particularly bored as Sou spoke about his computer science-- She wasn’t expecting him to say as much as he did given his introduction to her, but nonetheless, she wasn’t going to interrupt him as he spoke. It was interesting, that much was certain. Sara didn’t have experience with it herself, but she could believe it involved plenty of math. Psychology countered computer science in many aspects, but in a way, they also held some parallels.
“I see. You don’t have to apologize. The study of processes.. There’s similar in psychology. We don’t look at computers or their software, but.. There’s the speech of the brain. Does that make sense?” Well, it did to her.
“I’m enjoying it. I wouldn’t pick a major I disliked.” There were other majors that had held her interest, but ultimately, she went with psychology. Sara always had found the human mind intriguing. There were certain processes behind everyone’s decisions and trains of thought. Why is someone acting this way? What compelled them to behave in a certain manner? Questions like those gave rise to Sara’s final decision. “Are you familiar with any psychological experiments?”
