[RECALIBRATE] How frequently does your muse evaluate their own ways of thinking? Have they little self-insight/feel set in their minds for better or worse, or are they constantly questioning their own outlook? To the point of self-doubt, even? <3
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Chishiya almost never evaluates his own way of thinking. He's confident in how he thinks and knows he's the smartest in the room. Or, in a rare case, there's someone else of equal, if different, intellect. He doesn't need to evaluate how he thinks because it works FOR HIM. And that's what matters. He's always operated this way, ever since he was younger to how is now. He's never really CHANGED his approach and he doesn't learn to either.
He's not someone to reevaluate how he thinks because of other's emotions or a situation that would typically be considered 'TRAUMATIC' to others. Even if how he thinks is considered heartless. ( And it is.) Efficiency is what matters to him. He can adjust to new information and new perspectives, but that still falls in line with his typical thinking. He's very aware of how he thinks and he's perfectly content with it. HE OWNS IT.
( At least up until the rare instance of emotions getting involved and messing with his thinking but in that case his reaction is typically to PUSH IT AWAY or not acknowledge the why when he's doing something. )
Ann on the other hand is more fluid when it comes to her thinking. She has a fairly solid grasp of how she thinks. PRACTICAL and LOGICAL, but NOT HEARTLESS. In this same vein of recognition though, she IS aware that sometimes her emotions do drive her actions and ways of thought. She acknowledges that much about herself and sometimes it can make her question her thoughts or approach to particular situations. By no means is she a bleeding heart - she WILL make hard decisions and emotions don't possess her so to speak. Rather, they might alter HOW she approaches a situation. And this she is aware of.
. With Ann, her work both in crime scene investigations as well as later in the forensics labs tends to play a large role. She's constantly exposed or needs to consider different perspectives. Yes, she has her general way of thinking that she sticks with. But working with detectives, other forensic scientists, etc, also exposes you to a lot of DIFFERENT ways of thinking. As such, Ann's way of thinking has changed throughout her life. Other ways of thinking generally tend to be more of a SECONDARY way of thinking for her. She has HER way of thinking, but when it comes to working on cold cases or in some games in the Borderlands, she might call on other types of thinking or at least consider them. Self-doubt is very rare with her, though it is more likely to happen with her rather than Chishiya. / @united-as-one
