Breakpoint by UnknownRandomness

Knowledge (Part II)

Prompt: Internet

Word Count: 525

"So what do you think of the internet and everything you can learn about on it?"

Sesshoumaru had been sitting almost entirely motionless -apart from the swift sliding and clicking of his wrist and the movement of his eyes- at the computer for five hours, and Kagome thought that it was about time he took a break.

Slowly, the inuyoukai turned from the screen, his pupils dilating as he finally looked away from the concentrated light emanating from the monitor. His face was curiously blank as he looked at the woman waiting for his reply.

"Humankind has achieved incredible things; journeying successfully into outer space and setting foot on the moon, decimating the world's natural resources at an unprecedented rate, thriving so that there are billions of people constantly breathing the same air, finding cures for diseases that had previously lay ruin to the greatest civilisations and inventing this well-spring of potentially infinite knowledge which can be instantaneously shared with anyone with this contraption anywhere else on the surface of this planet."   

Here the demon paused for breath, before continuing in a significantly less complimentary tone,

"And this Sesshoumaru has discovered that not only are many on the 'internet' ignorant of how incredible their world is, they take enjoyment in causing petty suffering to others via the safety of anonymity- 'trolls' I believe they are called, although I do not understand this reasoning because trolls are incredibly polite creatures... People could be improving themselves and developing their wisdom immeasurably each moment spent 'on-line', yet instead, choose to waste their short lives watching videos of animals doing mundane things and second-guessing each other on whether or not they should indulge in the latest crazes. Your species may have achieved incredible things, but that does not stop the majority of you from being as unintelligent and purposeless as your predecessors were."

A long silence followed his declaration. The silence continued as Kagome stared at Sesshoumaru and he did nothing but calmly return her gaze.    

Carefully, like she would shatter if she moved quickly, the miko turned around and walked out of the living room, making her way up the stairs until she was eventually perched on the edge of her fluffy bed, shell-shocked. Her eyebrows furrowed as she processed all that her lover had just said, completely flabbergasted that he had somehow just managed to summarise the contents of the internet to her after having been on it for a mere five hours. That was less than a child's school day! How was he doing this?! Were all demons this crazily intelligent?

A knock on the door had her raising her head from its position on the pillow and Sesshoumaru came in before laying down next to her. 

"This Sesshoumaru realises that his closing phrase could have been interpreted wrong. I did not mean to say that you were one of the ignorant ones; on the contrary, you are amazing."

Kagome smiled and rolled over, just about to kiss the male, when he followed up that wonderful apology with,

"But it is undeniable that you spend far too much time watching cats push objects off of surfaces."