[It's so much easier to argue with Hermann when he can just trust his brain to cherrypick the correct response. Their fights have always come so naturally to him--it's not like he was making it up when he said that it's a near-constant occurrence.
When Hermann first opens his mouth, Newt is already loading up his comeback. He's all ready to push back, and then... He goes and says all that.
How much does Hermann remember about the Drift? Too much, clearly. He may as well have reached in and plucked those words right out of Newt's head.]
...Yeah, well, that makes two of us, I guess. [He says it quietly.
And then, more quietly:]
I don't know. Maybe. [...] That three years sucked, but the five years that followed sucked more, you know? In some ways. It's... It's like I was saying. No one likes us, Hermann. We don't even like each other.
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When Hermann first opens his mouth, Newt is already loading up his comeback. He's all ready to push back, and then... He goes and says all that.
How much does Hermann remember about the Drift? Too much, clearly. He may as well have reached in and plucked those words right out of Newt's head.]
...Yeah, well, that makes two of us, I guess. [He says it quietly.
And then, more quietly:]
I don't know. Maybe. [...] That three years sucked, but the five years that followed sucked more, you know? In some ways. It's... It's like I was saying. No one likes us, Hermann. We don't even like each other.