Chapter 28：Destiny and spirit animals (1/2)

The blonde girl stared at Ben, speechless for several moments. Then she giggled. ”Are you serious?”

”Dead-ass…It's my spirit animal. A psychic told me if I could commune better with it, my destiny would cover the Earth. Her suggestion was to seek a legendary artist.” Beluga gave Ben a tip once. He said girls love talking about fantasy elements like destiny, horoscopes, spirit animals, and vampires. So Ben was trying to incorporate it.

Ben's motivational speaking was so good that the girl believed he was serious. ”Oh…and how do you know I'm a legendary artist?”

He captured her attention.

[Target's current attraction level: curious]

Ben said, ”Your spirit animal…a telltale sign.”

Her eyes flashed with interest. ”And what animal is that?”

He put on a face of reverence, as if speaking of a great and noble creature. ”Disco frog.”

The girl wasn't sure if she should laugh or curse. With a lopsided grin, she asked, ”Really? A frog?”

Ben nodded. ”Don't belittle the legendary might of the disco frog. It has tremendous creative power…and cute dancing.”

*Pfft* Now she couldn't help but break out into laughter. 'I can't tell if he's kidding or if he's crazy…Still, he came up to me so respectfully, and no one's ever called me a legendary artist before…'

It's hard to reject someone that compliments you. Ben learned this in his studies on influencing people in motivational speaking. The caveat with girls is that you can't compliment their beauty! It has to be something else.

There are a few reasons for this. First, too many guys compliment their beauty. It's tacky. Second, every woman wants to believe there's more to her than her looks. If you compliment something unusual, it will make her feel you're appreciating her personality.

Third, and most important, Ben's looks were too sh*t!

He hit on cuties. So almost every woman he spoke to was better looking than him. If he mentioned her looks, the first thing she would think about was his looks, or his lack of looks!

That would be foolish. A basic rule of life is to emphasize your strengths and avoid your weaknesses. That kind of direct opener complimenting looks only works if you have better looks or higher overall value than the woman. It would be better to focus on something else. Legendary artist? Why not?

Seeing Ben stayed in a sincere pose, the girl went with it for now. ”Ok. I'll draw your spirit animal. I've never seen a real dragon before though. I'm not sure if I could draw it properly...”

”Of course you haven't. That would be ridiculous. Everyone knows dragons are endangered.”

She blinked many times. 'Endangered?'

”We'll do it this way. Show me some of your drawings and I'll point out the appropriate style.” Ben sat down next to her and looked at her sketchbook, expecting her to begin the slideshow.

The girl was a little uncomfortable that Ben got so close to her, but something about his assertive nature made her follow his lead. She showed her sketches.