skinnydefenselessheroism:

iamthefirechild:

Summer wedges her feet into her sandals, talking half over her shoulder. “I categorically object to anything that popular, on principle. Also, I tried it, and it took ages to /get/ anywhere. I object to that even more.” She hitches Helios up a little higher on her hip and slings her bag over the other shoulder. “I’m not actually sure you would /fit/ into my car. You’re kinda … tall.”

Glancing back at him, she grins. “Have you even tried other games? It’s not like many of them differ from the mould much anymore.” Summer gestures him to come along, herding him out the door and juggling the faintly-protesting cat with practised skill. Helios squirms around and wraps his paws around her neck, hugging her tightly. “Easy there, boy,” she soothes. With a green-eyed glance up at Stiles, she adds, “I think you may be driving by default.”

The sound Stiles makes is mostly amused, very wry around the edges. “You know, objecting to something just because it’s popular is basically just as bad as liking something just because it’s popular. You’re still letting someone else make the decision for you. As for moving around, well. You can get your first mount at like level fifteen, plus flight paths—once you can fly it isn’t nearly that bad. Flight paths are pee breaks anyway.”

He squints confusedly at the notice that he’s ‘kinda tall’, but doesn’t comment. Instead, he pulls his keys free of one pocket, twirling them around a finger before catching them against his palm again. “Gotcha. You don’t put him in a carrier or anything, usually?”

“Bah, logic,” Summer says lightly. “You want me to actually think about /reasons/ for not liking it? You’re a heathen.” Hitching Helios up again, she goes on, “if I was doing this by myself he would be in the cage, but he’s happier if he can see out, and that’s hard with the cage. It’ll be fine; don’t worry.”

After he unlocks the Jeep, she climbs in, easily managing the cat with one hand. It takes some switching of hands, and Helios attempts to get onto the dashboard, but she manages to buckle up and get them both settled before picking up the conversation again. “I’m instinctively put off by anything that’s defended that rabidly. I dunno, it just seems — it’s like the only reason it’s that popular, and the standard that everyone tries to meet, is because it was made by Blizzard. There’s so many other games out there that do things differently and they’re derided /because/ they do it differently.”

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