Patrick (thinking): Am I supposed to go? Sparrow said to agree unless there was a reason not to, and my Master didn’t contradict that. But it will cost her more money. Is that a reason? Unless she would rather pay than leave me in the apartment alone for three days. What if I promised to be good? I could be good! But there’s not a lot I can do here with her gone. Maybe she’d rather have me at her side to serve her. What does she want me to say? Why don’t I know? Will she hate me if I get it wrong?
Patrick: . . . Okay?
Bianca (off-panel): Great! See, was that so hard?
Bianca: I’ll add you to our party, then get off the couch and let you rest. We only have a couple of months to get ready, so if you want a costume, let me know soon!
A Game Theorist would have conniptions trying to model Patrick’s decision making process here. Very good insight into how his mind works. Reminds me of Anthy, but without the near-creepy levels of empathy/telepathy.
It was interesting to see all of the conflict going into that choice. I guess it’s not something he’s very used to.
Awesome, the boy made a decision on his own!
I think.
At the very least he made a judgement call. We can still praise it. I appreciate that he had to voice the fact that he could be good.
I love the irony of her asking if that was hard – “Yes, yes it was!” Now, I imagine we go through similar evaluations on a regular basis, just without needing to think about them very much.
A couple of months would not be enough time for me to construct a proper costume. I would need at least a year to collect the parts and assemble them into a workable whole.
Right now, I’m working on a steampunk exoskeleton, but have run out of salvaged steel.