Marcus laughed under his breath, hands tucked in his pockets as the cool morning breeze swept lightly across the stone-paved path. Victoria's words still echoed in his mind, her tone casual but layered with more meaning than he was ready to admit.
"While it sounds nice," he began, casting a sideways glance her way, "and you do make a solid point—same world and all…"
His voice trailed off for a second, thoughts catching up to his tongue. "But we still have a dating system, which makes it a little… odd. I mean, it encourages us to make others like us. Multiple people, even."
There was no bitterness in his voice—just confusion. Like someone trying to apply real-world logic to a game-like mechanic that refused to fit into neat boxes.
Victoria chuckled, lips quirking as she nodded, clearly unfazed. "You make a fair point," she said lightly. "But I don't really mind. I'm fairly open-minded, you know?"
