[ Bakugo's expression turns more plainly unimpressed, clearly in disagreement with the weak answer. But it's Lance's answer, not his. The orb flickers, clearly fine with it.
The next question—
Well.
The anger falters for a second, giving way to pensive indecision. What do people know him for right now? It isn't like it's a hard question — he hears it from strangers every time they recognize him on the street, from the other classes, if he makes the mistake of catching certain reports on the news. They think he's an asshole, which is whatever. He's the victim in the Sludge villain incident, the winner of the U.A. Sports Festival, the U.A. Student who got kidnapped by the League of Villains—
His gaze shifts towards the floor. His answer's clipped, aiming for nonchalant but too frustrated to pull it off. ]
As one of U.A.'s top students.
[ It's true. It's also totally sterile, removed from all the other qualifiers. The orb can tell he's holding back, and the uncertain flickering doesn't leave it any brighter. ]
no subject
The next question—
Well.
The anger falters for a second, giving way to pensive indecision. What do people know him for right now? It isn't like it's a hard question — he hears it from strangers every time they recognize him on the street, from the other classes, if he makes the mistake of catching certain reports on the news. They think he's an asshole, which is whatever. He's the victim in the Sludge villain incident, the winner of the U.A. Sports Festival, the U.A. Student who got kidnapped by the League of Villains—
His gaze shifts towards the floor. His answer's clipped, aiming for nonchalant but too frustrated to pull it off. ]
As one of U.A.'s top students.
[ It's true. It's also totally sterile, removed from all the other qualifiers. The orb can tell he's holding back, and the uncertain flickering doesn't leave it any brighter. ]