[ Maxwell is, of course, completely deadpan sarcastic. He lets Duo go through the whole gamut of panicked babbling and putting the pieces together while he takes another hit, exhaling slowly. Sure, he understands what his younger self must be going through, emotionally speaking. The older Maxwell went through it himself for an entire decade, after all.
His eyes slide back to the younger Duo when he asks about Hilde. Now the old man is scowling, while he contemplates whether he should answer with what Hilde told him, or with what he knows to be true.
Finally, he sighs gustily, throwing up his hands in a gesture of surrender. ]
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[ Maxwell is, of course, completely deadpan sarcastic. He lets Duo go through the whole gamut of panicked babbling and putting the pieces together while he takes another hit, exhaling slowly. Sure, he understands what his younger self must be going through, emotionally speaking. The older Maxwell went through it himself for an entire decade, after all.
His eyes slide back to the younger Duo when he asks about Hilde. Now the old man is scowling, while he contemplates whether he should answer with what Hilde told him, or with what he knows to be true.
Finally, he sighs gustily, throwing up his hands in a gesture of surrender. ]
Yeah. I mean, probably. Who fuckin' knows.