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[ His memory is shit because he can't remember the important things, he can't remember complicated things, things that matter more than words in a book that he can repeat word for word but have no idea what they mean. Arbitrary symbols to letters would have been hard for him too, so when Maverick starts overlapping the letters with the symbols, the corners of Kano's mouth pulls up. Even when he was very little, he'd paid attention to things that aren't there, more than things that were. ]

And the rest of them too~ Now you're thinking like a seven-year-old!

That really isn't a fucking compliment...

[but he's smiling a little anyway. He did it!!! And Kano smiled, too! A nicer smile, not his chaotic smile!! Maybe this trip is good after all.]

[ This is Kano's "lol that's my sister's bloody corpse on the ground, gotta hide my pain so I don't mentally break" smile, but also a good Kano smile. ]

It's a compliment! Little kids are the best~ And little kids like sparkles too, so!!!

[ Sparkle him...!! ]

[IN GAME CONTINUITY IT'S JUST A NICE FUCKING SMILE ORI FUCKDAMN!!!]

Ugh... You're so whiny. Just don't go telling people this shit, alright?

[Because yep...tabarnak, coded LOL, and the dick all have a shine of glitter to them now.]

[ LMFAO IT CAN BE BOTH

But also, hell yeah, hell yeah, Kano displays his rainbow glitter text proudly. ]

Alright, alright, if you're okay giving up the credit, I'll tell them I got them tattooed!! [ Just the things he wants permanently on his skin, yeah ] Ellie'll be so jealous~

Good. Serves her right.

[for ditching the main campus, and all.]

Gotta stay in my good graces, though, or I'll take it aaaall away.

[ Ellie could be dying for all Kano knows, because she doesn't say anything and Kano never thinks to ask and he fixes Maverick with an incredulous look and hugs his arms to his body. ]

You wouldn't dare!! I need my arms, Mav, you can't have them!!!

[what a weirdo!!]

You fool, assuming what I would or wouldn't dare. Haven't I proven I'm not so predictable? I can do weird shit, too. I would totally take your fucking arms.

[ squints ]

What would you do with my arms if you had them?

[Hm...]

Test out tattoo designs on them to see how they looked. Drumsticks.

Dummy, you've got a sharpie to test out tattoo designs, and I don't think my arms will be that tasty???

[ More like... he could just ask Kano whenever he wants to see what a tattoo would look like on him, and if he's hungry, Kano has food in his pockets sometimes. ]

What? No -- not that kind of drumsticks, dumbass. I like Cannibal Corpse, but I ain't looking to become either of those things anytime soon. Actual sticks for drums.

Anyway, having your arms to draw on when-fucking-ever sounds easier than getting you to sit still.

[ Kano's first two thoughts were 1) chicken drumsticks, and 2) ice cream drumsticks, because as much as he doesn't like eating and doesn't care about food, music ranks even lower on the priority list-- even without music knowledge, he wants to ask whether something smaller and less squishy would be better for drumming, but. ]

I sit still all the time! I'm great at sitting still!! Look, I'm sitting still right now!!!

[ And he does, for like two seconds, before he feels fidgety again. The plane ride is too long... ]

If you want to draw on my arms and need me sitting still, just do it when I'm asleep or something, you can leave my arms attached!

[He shakes his head.]

I have to set aside the time when you're asleep to give you your immunizations, remember? I don't have time to be screwing around with drawings. But if you're serious about trying to sit still...I could draw on you now. Something a little more sophisticated than a dick, even.

Mm, how about you forget about the immunizations??

[ Can Kano fly internationally without all his shots? Best to keep that quiet.

He magics his arm clean and holds it out again— both of them, wrists up, Maverick gets two clean canvases. ]

Draw Nightmare for me!! And me and Ellie and you too!!

How about no?

[shhhh let's all just pretend that Kano illusioned some passports for them even though he shut his brain off...because there are many plotholes here and I won't let it stand in my way

Anyway: such a good, compliant boy!]

Nightmare?

[who tf is that]

[ Kano can definitely illusion passports and all necessary documents-- he could have even illusioned money so Maverick didn't have to spend real actual money, but he had shut his brain off I guess. ]

Nightmare. You've met, right? She eats the stray crickets whenever we find a straggler.

[Uhhh...]

Your lizard? I was expecting some kinda Princess Sparkle Sprinkle bullshit.

[ Kano snorts at that name, because it sounds like a name Maverick would give his pets. Princess something or other. ]

No way, no way! Nightmare's a dragon, after all~ So of course it's got to be something like Nightmare, the sort of name that inspires fear, until you get to know her!

[ And nightmares tend to be like that, having them over and over again, night after night, year after year. They don't get easier, but you learn to deal with them. Sort of how he's forcing himself to deal with bugs and lizards and heights and demons and all these things that he hates. He's just got to deal. ]

[she is not a dragon, but okay...he can't argue with this reasoning. Instead, he rolls his eyes and starts to draw a basic bearded dragon shape.]

Not that I remember what she looks like exactly, but I can do that. I ain't doing dumbass tribal shit, but if there's some other type you want me to go for?

[ She's as bearded dragon and therefore as valid a dragon as any other. ]

What's the dumbass tribal shit? [ He doesn't know anything about tattoo designs; the most experience he's had with tattoos is Maverick's stick figure. ] Just make sure she's cute! And the rest of us too!

[no]

Dumbass tribal shit is the kinda tattoos white men get to make themselves look tough. Like a surfer or biker or wrestler type guy... The designs usually have roots in non-white cultures, so of fucking course some racist bullshit about it being bestial made it a shortcut to "badass" for fucking idiots. Zero fucking creativity in most tribal designs, I fucking swear...

[At least he draws while he rants.]

[ Hm... yeah... Kano doesn't normally pay much attention to other people's tattoos, mostly because they look painful, and almost all of Maverick's cultural appropriation talk goes over his head.

What he does get out of it is ]

Make me look tough and like a badass, but without all that other stuff!

[That makes him smirk a little.]

You want it to be cute, but to make you look badass?

Yeah, I'm sure you can make it work~ A cute little dragon, but with angry eyebrows!! And breathing fire!!!

[ It's the artist's job to make it work, so Kano's ridiculous request is all on Maverick. ]

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