Don't laugh! His eyes shut and face scrunches gently as he's poked, but he looks at Sidon after again.]
You're, like... one of the most emotional people here, you realize. [LOOKS AT THIS FUCKING GRAVEYARD!!!! He says this like it's a good thing, not a bad thing also.] ...I can't imagine you being a crybaby at all.
[ he just hums and tucks his arm under his head again, not bothering to argue. the bar is like, on the ground. two of the people here literally can't feel the full spectrum of emotion by definition of what they are. ]
I did often. I was even more shy than you are now.
[ and in contrast, that bar is a high one to clear. ]
I couldn't even talk to strangers—so I can understand your timidness, a little.
[ they all make much cuter children than adults, the baby potion proves it. he relaxes now that they're not talking about lucien's wild brain ride. ]
Please, I really was! Talking to people I didn't know was petrifying.
[ memories of ducking behind mipha's legs to escape being perceived. ]
I grew better with people by necessity— [ suddenly becoming the eldest child and ] I made myself practice. Have you ever heard of a prince who couldn't speak to his subjects? Mortifying prospect.
[Ah yes, the sister he will never know the trauma about.
The idea of a shy prince makes him chuckle, but not at Sidon's expense. It's kind of endearing actually.]
It must be hard, though. To lead others like that especially if you're worried or upset. I couldn't even imagine getting on stage when we were introducing Hextech to the public and sponsors, and that seems so small in comparison. Jayce had to do it.
I never liked being in the spotlight that way. I was too nervous. I didn't have the face for it like Jayce did.
it's interesting, how this jayce fellow comes up enough that he must be someone important, a partner, but perhaps not one that viktor would return home for solely. ]
I wouldn't say it's easy, no. [ talking to one person is simple; having to command the attention of hundreds is very different. he can understand why anyone would struggle with it. ] But you weren't born knowing how to build a boat, or turn a screw. Anyone can improve with practice, even in speaking.
[ a slightly slanted smile. ]
...Though you might not really enjoy it. [ viktor could be a lecturer, maybe, but an orator? probably not very fun. ]
[At any other point in time, he may have gone back to Jayce and their research. But things happen... Little things that wiggle into the mind, unnoticed at the time, but now fully clear without the clarification of a conversation about it...]
That's true.
[He likely could be a teacher, though hearing this told to him once really surprised him. He did not... think he was teacher material. That place is such a high honor, it feels like... Imparting knowledge to others eager to learn...
But then he thinks about the one dude who was stupid but kept marching forward toward innovation anyway and now has a statue.]
I'm a little sad I didn't get the chance to meet the shy baby Sidon.
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Don't laugh! His eyes shut and face scrunches gently as he's poked, but he looks at Sidon after again.]
You're, like... one of the most emotional people here, you realize. [LOOKS AT THIS FUCKING GRAVEYARD!!!! He says this like it's a good thing, not a bad thing also.] ...I can't imagine you being a crybaby at all.
Did you really cry all the time?
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I did often. I was even more shy than you are now.
[ and in contrast, that bar is a high one to clear. ]
I couldn't even talk to strangers—so I can understand your timidness, a little.
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You were shy, too? I know you're teasing me now. There's no way you were too shy to talk to strangers...
[THIS IS THE BIGGEST MYSTERY TO HIM?]
How did you stop being so shy?
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Please, I really was! Talking to people I didn't know was petrifying.
[ memories of ducking behind mipha's legs to escape being perceived. ]
I grew better with people by necessity— [ suddenly becoming the eldest child and ] I made myself practice. Have you ever heard of a prince who couldn't speak to his subjects? Mortifying prospect.
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The idea of a shy prince makes him chuckle, but not at Sidon's expense. It's kind of endearing actually.]
It must be hard, though. To lead others like that especially if you're worried or upset. I couldn't even imagine getting on stage when we were introducing Hextech to the public and sponsors, and that seems so small in comparison. Jayce had to do it.
I never liked being in the spotlight that way. I was too nervous. I didn't have the face for it like Jayce did.
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it's interesting, how this jayce fellow comes up enough that he must be someone important, a partner, but perhaps not one that viktor would return home for solely. ]
I wouldn't say it's easy, no. [ talking to one person is simple; having to command the attention of hundreds is very different. he can understand why anyone would struggle with it. ] But you weren't born knowing how to build a boat, or turn a screw. Anyone can improve with practice, even in speaking.
[ a slightly slanted smile. ]
...Though you might not really enjoy it. [ viktor could be a lecturer, maybe, but an orator? probably not very fun. ]
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That's true.
[He likely could be a teacher, though hearing this told to him once really surprised him. He did not... think he was teacher material. That place is such a high honor, it feels like... Imparting knowledge to others eager to learn...
But then he thinks about the one dude who was stupid but kept marching forward toward innovation anyway and now has a statue.]
I'm a little sad I didn't get the chance to meet the shy baby Sidon.