[ The thing that the eel wants to ask is one of those sad, pathetic, boring questions that shouldn't even require a preamble: it's the sort of thing that'd usually be conversation fillers for when talk tapers off, or just one of those things you ask because you can, not for anything significant.
It's a big step up for Adolf, though, because it's one of those incredibly mundane questions that he rarely asks— or has asked, not in a while.
All of this is just to illustrate the fact that what's coming up is incredibly stupid and awkward, essentially. ]
Are you enjoying yourself.
[ He says, flatly, without even an inflection at the end to suggest that it might be a question. He says it as if he's asking for a status report, as if enjoyment is a statistic that is very vital to knowing how to evaluate his current situation.
Maybe if Adolf were less of a nerd, he would have said something like 'I'm having fun so I hope you're having fun', but. God, look at him. He's so dour. ]
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It's a big step up for Adolf, though, because it's one of those incredibly mundane questions that he rarely asks— or has asked, not in a while.
All of this is just to illustrate the fact that what's coming up is incredibly stupid and awkward, essentially. ]
Are you enjoying yourself.
[ He says, flatly, without even an inflection at the end to suggest that it might be a question. He says it as if he's asking for a status report, as if enjoyment is a statistic that is very vital to knowing how to evaluate his current situation.
Maybe if Adolf were less of a nerd, he would have said something like 'I'm having fun so I hope you're having fun', but. God, look at him. He's so dour. ]