[ Qubit looks up at him, pensive. That frustration - having it on the tip of your tongue, yet not being able to verbalize it - is one he's become very familiar with lately. ]
- but the point is, I never asked.
[ He still isn't sure what the dilemma is, but from context he's starting to piece together an outline. It's related to Carlisle's magic, but also has a psychological dimension. At some point, maybe more than once, it's caused him to lash out violently at Qubit. This is what Carlisle needs his help with. And whatever it is, it's probably had him stumped for close to a year.
And if there's anything Qubit knows about himself, it's that he doesn't handle frustration well. The rest, he can extrapolate. He fixated on the parts of the problem he did understand, because he couldn't just do nothing. But in doing so, he ignored anything he couldn't quantify. Such as, say, magic. Or emotion. ]
I never asked you what you needed. Just acted like I had all the answers.
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- but the point is, I never asked.
[ He still isn't sure what the dilemma is, but from context he's starting to piece together an outline. It's related to Carlisle's magic, but also has a psychological dimension. At some point, maybe more than once, it's caused him to lash out violently at Qubit. This is what Carlisle needs his help with. And whatever it is, it's probably had him stumped for close to a year.
And if there's anything Qubit knows about himself, it's that he doesn't handle frustration well. The rest, he can extrapolate. He fixated on the parts of the problem he did understand, because he couldn't just do nothing. But in doing so, he ignored anything he couldn't quantify. Such as, say, magic. Or emotion. ]
I never asked you what you needed. Just acted like I had all the answers.