"You didn't need to say it." Near couldn't help but smile a bit at the obvious embarrassment in Brooklyn's voice. It seemed the poor man really wasn't used to being picked apart so easily. It was a bit like a puzzle, though not a terribly difficult one. Likely the reason Near was enjoying it as much as he was.
"So you had wings then." It would explain why he specifically glided, and also why it would be harder to do inside than out. There were no wind currents to speak of inside, not to mention the smaller room in terms of wingspan. Near suspected that there was more to it than that, of course, simply given the man's reluctance to come forth with it. But Brooklyn seemed to be opening up now, so Near didn't press any more on the issue just yet.
Besides, there was another topic to discuss. "I simply tell people the truth. It's not my fault that they don't want to hear it." Being faulted for being who he was seemed rather illogical to Near. It was the equivalent of him faulting Brooklyn for being able to fight, when he himself couldn't. "It's how I've always been, and not something likely to change." Particularly since Near saw no reason for it to. His deductive reasoning was his strongest talent; what good would it do him to sacrifice it?
Brooklyn's other assumptions were faulty, and Near could point that out easily enough. "I have no obligation to help out anyone else, and certainly not because of my talents. But I am also aware of my faults, and because of that, I will become helpful." He would create value that people would want, and in return gain the assistance he needed to solve the puzzle. "And you seem to be assuming that I'm not trying to find a way out. I am." Except he couldn't provide blanket freedom for all. Not until he had absolute proof that Kira and his followers wouldn't retain the knowledge they had gained in this Institute upon their return to their own world.
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"So you had wings then." It would explain why he specifically glided, and also why it would be harder to do inside than out. There were no wind currents to speak of inside, not to mention the smaller room in terms of wingspan. Near suspected that there was more to it than that, of course, simply given the man's reluctance to come forth with it. But Brooklyn seemed to be opening up now, so Near didn't press any more on the issue just yet.
Besides, there was another topic to discuss. "I simply tell people the truth. It's not my fault that they don't want to hear it." Being faulted for being who he was seemed rather illogical to Near. It was the equivalent of him faulting Brooklyn for being able to fight, when he himself couldn't. "It's how I've always been, and not something likely to change." Particularly since Near saw no reason for it to. His deductive reasoning was his strongest talent; what good would it do him to sacrifice it?
Brooklyn's other assumptions were faulty, and Near could point that out easily enough. "I have no obligation to help out anyone else, and certainly not because of my talents. But I am also aware of my faults, and because of that, I will become helpful." He would create value that people would want, and in return gain the assistance he needed to solve the puzzle. "And you seem to be assuming that I'm not trying to find a way out. I am." Except he couldn't provide blanket freedom for all. Not until he had absolute proof that Kira and his followers wouldn't retain the knowledge they had gained in this Institute upon their return to their own world.