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Ehh— ghosts...? The fish think it's haunted, I mean. They're, uh— they're all superstitious, too...?

[ grijksndf. Alberto, no. That line seemed to go over well with Massimo, as far as he could tell, but in fact it was just that Massimo seldom reacts or responds to much of anything... It was a weird thing to say then, and it's still weird now. Serves him right for trying to make a cheeky sly inside joke about sea monsters being "true superstitions" — Alberto can't go even an hour without doing or saying something suspicious...! Bruno's just weird enough to have taken it all in stride so far, though, so here's hoping their odd comments have all been innocuous enough tonight; even if they're drifting into some questionable waters here, they're all in the same ocean of weird, at least...

Bruno's comment on not tempting fate rings true, though, so Alberto's more than happy to steer the conversation away from fish — again. Who knew there'd be so much fish-talk tonight... But overall, still an endearing and encouraging evening, despite the panicked start. Alberto's loving every moment of this long-awaited introduction — which has gone just swimmingly, he thinks! ]

Text me more anti-bad luck tricks later, okay? So I won't forget any. I don't need any good luck tricks, though — that'd be greedy. I'm already super lucky. Y'know— without all the bad luck, I mean... O-Once that's gone, eheh. Then I'll be super lucky!

[ Sound logic. He was lucky enough to meet Luca — what're the chances the first person he'd ever gotten to know would end up being his best friend ever, right? That's great luck! And lucky enough to meet Bruno on his first day here, then get randomly assigned a room together, plus all their uncanny little coincidences et al — seems like great luck there, too. Proof of his good luck sitting right here with him! Now if he can just get rid of all "the bad luck" that he feels follows him, then he'll be golden...! ]

Umm...right. The fish think it's haunted.

[Okay, no, Luca thinks it's haunted. He doesn't really think that it's the fish thinking anything, just that it really is haunted and that's driving the fish away. He's guessing the idea of actual fish ghosts probably sounds too weird to Alberto, though, so he decides, just like last time, to not push it. When Alberto mentions not needing more good luck because that would be greedy, it makes Luca wonder something.]

Wait, can good luck run out? Like if someone takes too much, will there not be enough for someone else?

[But they are incredibly lucky. Luca's lucky he met Alberto and got the push he needed to see the world. They're lucky that no one managed to harpoon either of them. They're lucky that the townsfolk decided to listen to Massimo and that Massimo recognized them and turned his back on a lifetime of sea monster hunting. Between the two of them, they're the luckiest sea monsters in the world.]

The...fish think it's haunted. Because... fish have superstitions.

[He's...not heard of this before, but he's never really thought about fish having the sort of mentality to HAVE superstitions before.]

You guys really know your stuff about fish, huh?

[His tone isn't at all suspicious, just a statement of fact.]

And I don't think luck is like...a finite resource. Or like...shared? Between people? I think it's more...we got our own luck, right?

[ Alberto gives a nervous smile and a quick nod; they do know their fish stuff... But Bruno doesn't seem suspicious, so Alberto's actually interpreting this as a total success, proof of progress in their humaning skills. They're able to tiptoe around fish stuff without seeming suspicious now, seemingly; that's his takeaway. Bad takeaway.

He likes Bruno's take on individual luck, though. He turns to Luca with a much more genuine smile, nudging him a little with his elbow playfully. ]

Yeah. So if two really lucky people are together, that just doubles the good luck, right?

[ He glances to Bruno for confirmation on this, but he feels pretty certain about this takeaway. Funny as it may be that the boys are drilling Bruno to quantify "luck" and dissect his superstitions, Alberto's conclusion is at least a sweet, encouraging way to look at it — they may not share their luck overall, but they'll still share in each other's good luck. Good takeaway. ]

Edited 2022-09-30 22:22 (UTC)

[Luca's nervous for a moment when Bruno repeats the 'fish have superstitions' thing, worried that it sounds too suspicious, but then he follows it up with a statement that clearly doesn't sound the least bit suspicious, so Luca realizes they're in the clear. That's a relief. Maybe better to just stop bringing up fish, though.]

Right. So if we did do something that brings good luck, it's fine because no one else is losing luck just because we got even more.

[Good to know. That way they don't have to feel guilty if they happen to do something that brings more good luck even though they already have a lot. He smiles back at Alberto when his friend nudges.]

It probably does, because our luck's been amazing.

I don't think that's-

[He realises this is not going to work. He's already trying to apply logic to the illogical, and now these kids are adding EXTRA non-logic to the mess. He knows when to give up and let them win. ]

...You know what? Sure. That works, Kids. Go for it.

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