@grayen “ why do you ask such a question ? ” from albedo.
PRIDE & PREJUDICE dialogue prompts || (always accepting because I’m literary trash)
IT’S ONLY FITTING THAT he dodges the question like a seasoned professional; answering a query with a curious inquisition of his own. Jean by all rights, isn’t quite sure what to make of that; although the artful avoidance of the knight’s own scrutiny is admirable even if an oddity that she makes no care to dissect. It wasn’t as if she had been hoping to glean some hard earned secret from him. It wasn’t an interrogation and there was certainly no right or wrong answer, yet still the response had tickled her.
❝Ah, Master Albedo, I surely asked for the same reason you answered a question with another question❞ The blonde remarks with a fond smile, content to humour the enigmatic evasion of her own curiosity. She’d simply been genuinely interested in his opinions, in his thought process and motivations - as if somehow dissecting those nuances would flesh out a friendship that existed solely in the realms of professional acquaintance.
Turning her attention from the Ordo’s most trusted alchemist to appraise one of his canvases, appreciation lines her face as she surveys the image before her. She’s never been much of an artist herself, unless you counted the occasional doodle and glitter strewn colouring session with Klee, but it doesn’t mean she can’t find comfort in the textures and colours that bring an image to life; that she can’t find sanctuary in a picture that inspires emotion whether intended or not. ❝I was curious about what you were thinking when you painted this. They say an artist pours his heart and soul into his work…so…consider me intrigued. ❞