"They couldn't," He considers, stabbing at his waffles. "Not unless they tested me for stuff I don't know."
And tests frankly don't sit well with him, even though he knows, by some strange instinct of displaced memories, that Riku's always performed much better on exams than he's anticipated. Maybe he just had luck with working under pressure, but Joe would rather spend the energy on something exciting over pushing a no. 2 pencil to paper.
That, and then there was another reason, a troubled frown darkening his expression.
"...but I hate lying about anything, Roxas, you know that. It's bad enough I have to lie all the time when people ask how old I am."
"My guess is it's just too cooped up to be fun, with too many rules. It's probably a really boring way to spend your time, after you've seen so many worlds."
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And tests frankly don't sit well with him, even though he knows, by some strange instinct of displaced memories, that Riku's always performed much better on exams than he's anticipated. Maybe he just had luck with working under pressure, but Joe would rather spend the energy on something exciting over pushing a no. 2 pencil to paper.
That, and then there was another reason, a troubled frown darkening his expression.
"...but I hate lying about anything, Roxas, you know that. It's bad enough I have to lie all the time when people ask how old I am."
"My guess is it's just too cooped up to be fun, with too many rules. It's probably a really boring way to spend your time, after you've seen so many worlds."