I'm afraid that is the role that the young one and I agreed to when it came to overseeing this course of events. For better or for worse, we may make contact in a place that the rest of you are unable to at the moment.
[that said,]
We do not have to be strangers, if you don't wish for it.
[ What's that supposed to be? An offer of friendship? Can you make friends just by asking like that? Cinnabar doesn't think it works that way. It took them so long to even acknowledge the fellow gems as their friends - and only after a few dire events.
But they're allowed to make friends, maybe. They're not dangerous anymore. They sigh, quietly. ]
I don't know if I can trust you. You're an unknown to me.
[ normally, they'd complain about the patronizing attitude, but they're too shaken up to be as bristly as they usually are. Cinnabar's eyes are tired as they glance up into the darkness of his hood - but there's nothing to be read there. ]
... Do whatever you want.
[ if he wants to try and earn their trust... they won't stop him. ]
[ that's been bothering them. None of the gems wear anything like that, and it's a little unsettling not being able to see what expression he's making. Cinnabar's already bad at social interactions. ]
It is one of the directives we have been given. In truth, I do not know if it helps, but I do not think that it hinders either.
Perhaps once we get to know one another better, I will be able to remove it.
Even so, I would not want appearances to color our first impressions of one another. Even though you are not human, others may still be very quick to judge.
[ another vague answer. Cinnabar's brow furrows, but, again, they can't quite summon up the vigor to argue over it. As far as they're concerned, his wearing a hood and hiding his face makes him far more suspicious than his face ever could have. ]
Nothing you do makes any sense. You keep talking like there's someone above you giving orders, but you don't know who or what that is... Even so, you're still listening to it. Am I wrong?
In some way, it was a choice of faith to participate in this in this capacity - but the understanding that if I was not the one to do it, then someone else would be tasked with it.
I would rather do what I can in my own power, even if it is not as much as I wish, than to allow it to pass idly by without me.
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[ there's so much they don't understand at work here. ]
I'm supposed to leave this all in a stranger's hands...? No way...
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[that said,]
We do not have to be strangers, if you don't wish for it.
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But they're allowed to make friends, maybe. They're not dangerous anymore. They sigh, quietly. ]
I don't know if I can trust you. You're an unknown to me.
[ always getting in their own way, this one. ]
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Indeed.
That is what the process of becoming less in the realm of 'strangers' and more in the realm of 'acquaintances' is meant to mitigate.
Would you like to try?
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... Do whatever you want.
[ if he wants to try and earn their trust... they won't stop him. ]
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Is there something you would like to know?
[since it feels more fair to let cinnabar ask the first question when they're the wary one]
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[ that's been bothering them. None of the gems wear anything like that, and it's a little unsettling not being able to see what expression he's making. Cinnabar's already bad at social interactions. ]
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Perhaps once we get to know one another better, I will be able to remove it.
Even so, I would not want appearances to color our first impressions of one another. Even though you are not human, others may still be very quick to judge.
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Nothing you do makes any sense. You keep talking like there's someone above you giving orders, but you don't know who or what that is... Even so, you're still listening to it. Am I wrong?
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In some way, it was a choice of faith to participate in this in this capacity - but the understanding that if I was not the one to do it, then someone else would be tasked with it.
I would rather do what I can in my own power, even if it is not as much as I wish, than to allow it to pass idly by without me.
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So all of this has to happen, no matter what.
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And even if I am displeased with the course in which it is taking...
I would be more concerned to leave my position in the hands of another.