#i had a lot of fun answering them....espeically the last one JKLSJFLKSJD

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HELLO, FERRE! Sending some character development questions your way!! Thank you so much for liking the post! Hope these questions are okay!

These are for Patrick!

Besides spending most of his time working, does he like to do anything else? Any particular hobbies that might be his way to escape from the depth of thoughts?

Does he make his own puzzles/riddles, or does he have a collection of puzzles he’s retrieved over the years? Perhaps both? Has he ever considered writing a book that features some (if not all) of puzzles he deems interesting?

How can you tell if he’s angry (if ever-- )or upset? What mannerisms does he acquire when this happens?

If a student decided to hand him a paper that’s all written with Comic Sans Font, what would he do? IUWHDIUWEHDU

@jeoseungsaja aka alex, a very wonderful person on this hellsite also asks wonderful questions!! can i steal that talent pls 🥺

HI ALEX!! first of all thank you so much for these questions- i'm very excited to get them!! especially because they had me thinking about my muses in ways i haven't before :'-D

Besides spending most of his time working, does he like to do anything else? Any particular hobbies that might be his way to escape from the depth of thoughts?

hahaha alex, he's definitely a workaholic...if it weren't for his daughter and son, he might end up growing mushrooms on his back from locking himself in his studies. that being said, he can fence- started in high school and continued through university. the fencing did get him the scholarship for his uni education. these days he doesn't do it nearly as often but he does like to do a match or two so he doesn't lose his touch too much.

other than that...probably just reading? he reads obsessively. he has picked up pottery recently since with both hiro and elise growing up, he's been finding himself with more free time.

i'd say that raising elise and hiro thankfully took up a lot of his free time throughout the past six to eight years and since they're both into engineering, patrick does know the basics of machinery things...mostly because he gets concerned with what they end up working on so if they're going to try something dangerous, he'd like to be the one to do it instead for their safety-

Does he make his own puzzles/riddles, or does he have a collection of puzzles he’s retrieved over the years? Perhaps both? Has he ever considered writing a book that features some (if not all) of puzzles he deems interesting?

he does both!! he does have friends/acquaintances who are just as enthusiastic about puzzles so there's a lot of exchange there...his favorite puzzles tend to the riddles though so expect most of the puzzles he makes to be of that nature.

he's never considered writing a book that has anything to do with outside of his field of study ( yet though? maybe?? ). it might make him uncomfy to put himself in the spotlight for an audience outside of his field of study, but if he did...hyuk's his test subject, sorry i don't make the rules here- JLKFJLSKDJFLS

How can you tell if he’s angry (if ever-- )or upset? What mannerisms does he acquire when this happens?

see my first answer is: you just know. he's naturally a quiet person, but it's like... a gentle kind of quiet? the welcoming kind? but when he's angry, he goes noticeably silent. i'd say while my other muses ( sans mana ) tend to burn hot when angry, patrick goes ice cold. prominent frown, crossed arms, only speaks when absolutely necessary and his voice remains calm and even but you know he's not happy.

on the other hand, when he's upset, he still does go silent and cross his arms and his voice does remain calm and even, but there's a lot more furrowed brows and a lot less eye contact. even more reticent with speaking too.

If a student decided to hand him a paper that’s all written with Comic Sans Font, what would he do? IUWHDIUWEHDU

this is where patrick really wishes he asked his students to send him an electronic copy of their papers too because at least he'd able to change the font to something more bearable...alas, he's a paper guy. since this would probably be the first time, he would bite the bullet this time around because he probably didn't think this was going to be an issue in his class ( mistake number one, patrick- never underestimate college students ) and therefore, didn't address it in his syllabus. wouldn't take points off either although he would be VERY tempted to do so.

that paper probably took the longest time to grade out of all of the pack. he would have to take multiple breaks just for the sake of his eyes. maybe drink a full cup of tea too. when he finally gets to the last page, he makes a note to the student, summarizing his notes and the grade given as usual but then also writing to 'please consider using a different font for the next paper'.

he also makes an amend to his syllabus right there and then - all papers must have one-inch margins with times new roman font size 12.