Oh god Casper keeps smiling at him and he can’t handle it. “I, I mean, yeah, I’m not good at making friends, because I’m like, very annoying and no one likes me? Like, Cucumber-bro is probably my best friend, but it’s not like he really wants to hang out with me. And all my other martial siblings kind of hate me? And my— the other person I mostly spend time around is— I’m not totally sure he’s not going to kill me, like he did in the book. He— I don’t know if he likes me at all or even finds me… useful enough to keep around.”
Shit, Casper has had a way worse time on that front than Shang Qinghua has had, at least in this life. “My first parents were— I mean, I was sort of an unwanted disappointment anyway, so it didn’t matter if I wasn’t going to marry a respectable girl, it’s not like it would have helped? And I was a shut-in with no friends, I wasn’t… dating. My, uh, Shang Qinghua’s parents probably wouldn’t have cared, but they didn’t really—it’s probably very weird to have your kid be a grown man from a different world! I… haven’t seen them since I joined the sect when I was 12. And I’m not— like I said, no one likes me, like that either. I’m not— I’m used to being like. Alone. I have work! I’m very busy. But you, like… your dad shouldn’t have… I know America is like. Regressive. And ten years earlier… I’m sorry, dude, that sucks. I know from being the weird nerdy one, but… yeah.” God, he’s terrible at being sympathetic. He doesn’t know how to make Casper feel better about this. “I think you’re… very nice and likeable and… dateable?” Wait that’s a super weird thing to say. “Uh, I mean. Just like. I’m sure anyone would like you!” Fuck. Now you sound creepy and insane, this is why no one likes you, Airplane.
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Shit, Casper has had a way worse time on that front than Shang Qinghua has had, at least in this life. “My first parents were— I mean, I was sort of an unwanted disappointment anyway, so it didn’t matter if I wasn’t going to marry a respectable girl, it’s not like it would have helped? And I was a shut-in with no friends, I wasn’t… dating. My, uh, Shang Qinghua’s parents probably wouldn’t have cared, but they didn’t really—it’s probably very weird to have your kid be a grown man from a different world! I… haven’t seen them since I joined the sect when I was 12. And I’m not— like I said, no one likes me, like that either. I’m not— I’m used to being like. Alone. I have work! I’m very busy. But you, like… your dad shouldn’t have… I know America is like. Regressive. And ten years earlier… I’m sorry, dude, that sucks. I know from being the weird nerdy one, but… yeah.” God, he’s terrible at being sympathetic. He doesn’t know how to make Casper feel better about this. “I think you’re… very nice and likeable and… dateable?” Wait that’s a super weird thing to say. “Uh, I mean. Just like. I’m sure anyone would like you!” Fuck. Now you sound creepy and insane, this is why no one likes you, Airplane.