The fact they met when Kasumi was a kid -- an older kid, to be sure, but one who seemed younger to her -- made a huge impact on how their relationship's developing. While she's viewing most of camp as potential ... man, if I say equals, it comes out wrong, but ... people who know more than her, essentially, because of the situation where just about right after introductions, he asked her to teach him something, she shifted into a mentor role, and honestly, it was something that she felt very comfortable with. I doubt she's used to teaching skills (as DDS AIs come pretty damn prepared; at one point we see Serph... fly a jet plane ok), but she is very used to being a leader, and it felt very... comfortable to take him out and teach him to fire a gun. She's aware, sort of, of an irony in that; she really likes camp, where she doesn't have to kill and where firing her own gun is largely unnecessary and where she is, in fact, no longer a leader; still, it was something very familiar in an unfamiliar place, and in a warmer way thatn she's used to.
The fact that Kasumi listened the way he did, really seemed to get what she was saying about the cost of harming others... moved her. As you could probably see from my reply to Argilla (and, well, canon XD) Jinana is someone who feels things very instinctively and strongly, especially triggered by other people undersatnding her stance on things. She felt, during that time, protective of the fact that he hadn't been there and didn't have to kill before, and proud; I'd say 'motherly', but that's not a concept that exists to her.
And then, of course, Kasumi vanished and was replaced by...
Kuhn
At first, they weren't exactly hitting it off. Kuhn clearly thought of her as sub-human, and she wasn't overly impressed with Kuhn either; it's not to say she disliked him, but more that she just didn't feel anything to tip the balance positive, and she couldn't figure out his connection to Kasumi -- only that he had one (slightly triggering her protective instincts towards Kasumi). The fact that he was very obviously approaching her with a "they're not LIKE us" attitude also put her on alert, though she assumed it was about the whole DEMON CANNIBAL thing rather than the AI thing. Her wariness did trigger the occasional moment where she aws sharper with him than normal (not...sharp-toned but with comments that were less gentle/leading and more flat, like the responses quickly here, where she felt he was dehumanizing her sadness and didn't like that). And then this moment happened and she decided to... well, give him a second chance, because there's no way understanding of that horrible feeling comes without feeling it yourself.
It colored the next bit of their interaction, honestly, because it shifted the paradigm she was thinking about him with: he was no longer this potentially-dangerous user interested in her in reasons she couldn't define but was instead, well, someone sad who was covering it up. She grew interested in that herself, and began viewing him with more... depth? Than she originally had.
The resulting walk and conversation has pretty much sealed the deal. She thinks his situation is, in its own way, rather tragic, because he's caught between two extremes of selves and doesn't feel happy with either, as far as she can tell. She feels a lot of sympathy for him, and wants to make him feel better. She feels friendship for him, and ... well, empathy.
As for the flirting side, she's wondering if he's flirting with HER, or has been, based on his description, and what that means if so. I HAVEN'T DECIDED YET IF SHE'LL ASK HIM OUTRIGHT. o/
Also, on a total tangent note, I'm totally looking forward to this getting explained to Pi. Or getting introduced to Pi. Because you know it's gonna be an interesting situation.
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Tomonari Kasumi
The fact they met when Kasumi was a kid -- an older kid, to be sure, but one who seemed younger to her -- made a huge impact on how their relationship's developing. While she's viewing most of camp as potential ... man, if I say equals, it comes out wrong, but ... people who know more than her, essentially, because of the situation where just about right after introductions, he asked her to teach him something, she shifted into a mentor role, and honestly, it was something that she felt very comfortable with. I doubt she's used to teaching skills (as DDS AIs come pretty damn prepared; at one point we see Serph... fly a jet plane ok), but she is very used to being a leader, and it felt very... comfortable to take him out and teach him to fire a gun. She's aware, sort of, of an irony in that; she really likes camp, where she doesn't have to kill and where firing her own gun is largely unnecessary and where she is, in fact, no longer a leader; still, it was something very familiar in an unfamiliar place, and in a warmer way thatn she's used to.
The fact that Kasumi listened the way he did, really seemed to get what she was saying about the cost of harming others... moved her. As you could probably see from my reply to Argilla (and, well, canon XD) Jinana is someone who feels things very instinctively and strongly, especially triggered by other people undersatnding her stance on things. She felt, during that time, protective of the fact that he hadn't been there and didn't have to kill before, and proud; I'd say 'motherly', but that's not a concept that exists to her.
And then, of course, Kasumi vanished and was replaced by...
Kuhn
At first, they weren't exactly hitting it off. Kuhn clearly thought of her as sub-human, and she wasn't overly impressed with Kuhn either; it's not to say she disliked him, but more that she just didn't feel anything to tip the balance positive, and she couldn't figure out his connection to Kasumi -- only that he had one (slightly triggering her protective instincts towards Kasumi). The fact that he was very obviously approaching her with a "they're not LIKE us" attitude also put her on alert, though she assumed it was about the whole DEMON CANNIBAL thing rather than the AI thing. Her wariness did trigger the occasional moment where she aws sharper with him than normal (not...sharp-toned but with comments that were less gentle/leading and more flat, like the responses quickly here, where she felt he was dehumanizing her sadness and didn't like that). And then this moment happened and she decided to... well, give him a second chance, because there's no way understanding of that horrible feeling comes without feeling it yourself.
It colored the next bit of their interaction, honestly, because it shifted the paradigm she was thinking about him with: he was no longer this potentially-dangerous user interested in her in reasons she couldn't define but was instead, well, someone sad who was covering it up. She grew interested in that herself, and began viewing him with more... depth? Than she originally had.
The resulting walk and conversation has pretty much sealed the deal. She thinks his situation is, in its own way, rather tragic, because he's caught between two extremes of selves and doesn't feel happy with either, as far as she can tell. She feels a lot of sympathy for him, and wants to make him feel better. She feels friendship for him, and ... well, empathy.
As for the flirting side, she's wondering if he's flirting with HER, or has been, based on his description, and what that means if so. I HAVEN'T DECIDED YET IF SHE'LL ASK HIM OUTRIGHT. o/
Also, on a total tangent note, I'm totally looking forward to this getting explained to Pi. Or getting introduced to Pi. Because you know it's gonna be an interesting situation.