Iron Snow Clouds

Chapter 7406 (Seven Thousand Four Hundred and Six) - No Additions
"So what are you planning to do? Do you want to add any transitional phrases?" Grayhand asked.

The brown-handed man said, "It's up to you."

"That depends on my opinion, isn't it?" the gray-handed man asked with a smile.

“Yes, I don’t want to seem too deliberate,” said the brown-handed man.

"The problem is, do you think the more we discuss this, the more contrived it will seem?" Grayhand asked.

The brown-handed man said, "It seems so. Well then, I won't go on like this. I've already said everything, so let's leave it at that. Tell me which topic you want to move on to."

The gray-handed man said, "I just asked you, 'What makes you happiest?' Do you remember what you answered?"

The brown-handed man said, "I remember, there were many points that made me quite happy."

"Anything else?" the gray-handed man asked.

The brown-handed man said, "And then I asked you a question: 'Are you asking me what the part of your statement made me the happiest?' You said 'Yes.' Then I asked you what you thought I would say, whether you thought I would say 'whatever.'"

"Since you've already brought this up, it means you know exactly what I'm trying to say," Grayhand said. "Later, when I asked you what made you happiest, you said you told me directly. Do you remember what you said?"

Brown-Handed Man said, “While ‘casualness’ is something that makes me happy, it’s not what makes me happiest this time. What makes me happiest is that you said to me in this tone: ‘Besides, you haven’t even started to follow up on that question yet; you’re just asking me if I want to answer it.’ That’s what I said to you.”

"You said it word for word?" Grayhand laughed.

The brown-handed man said, "Yes, why not say it word for word?"

The gray-handed man laughed, "You remember it too clearly." "It just happened, not a long time ago. What's so strange about remembering it clearly?" the brown-handed man said.

The gray-handed man said, "It's not surprising, but sometimes you can't remember what you just said, right?"

The man with the brown hands said, "Yes. It's just that this time I didn't forget. Although there are situations like the one you mentioned where someone forgets something immediately after saying it, it's not that unusual for me to do this, is it?"

The gray-handed man said, "Anyway, under these circumstances, it's hard to say what's normal and what's abnormal."

The brown-handed man chuckled, "What were you trying to say next after all that you were telling me earlier?"

The gray-handed man said, "That's what I wanted to ask you next. You said the thing that made you happiest was when I said to you in this tone: 'Besides, you haven't even started to follow up on that question yet, you're just asking me if I want to answer it.' I'm just curious why."

The brown-handed man laughed and said, "Is this a repetition or an imitation?"

“You’ve led us to something else again,” the gray-handed man said.

"Not to steer the conversation elsewhere, I'm just asking if what you're doing counts as repetition or imitation," the brown-handed man said. "Would you like to answer me?"

The gray-handed man laughed and said, "Alright, if you insist on asking this kind of question, I'll answer you. Of course, this is called repeating myself."

"And the reason?" the brown-handed man asked.

"Wow, after I answered that question, you still want to know the reason?" Grayhand laughed.

The brown-handed man said, "I'd like to know how you'll answer."