[ at that, Auger shrugs, still smiling, though perhaps with less malice than before. ]

Mm. Well, that's because you always keep to yourself so much, brother. You should get out and talk to people more! [ his poor nerdy big brother, always working. and being mad. sometimes both at the same time. Clearly, he needs to take him out on the town to meet some people. ] Most of them are just stupid wastes of space, but some of them are kinda funny. And we might be able to use some of them, too.

[ he trails off with a small hum, but his silence is short; his voice becomes sweet, almost eager. ]

Of course, it's fine if you just ignore them and play with me instead...