Deuce explains a little about what he was like prior to NRC, saying that he would cut school, refuse to use honorifics with his teachers, hung out with bullies, bleached his hair and show off with his magic.
Deuce is delighted when he wins an award for his track-and-field achievements, confusing Jack, who says Deuce should have been able to make a name for himself on any sports team with his skills. Deuce responds, “I’ve never seriously participated in team sports before…but never mind that.”
After Riddle scolds Ace and Deuce for wanting to skip school to go to Playfulland Deuce reflects, “he did make a good point-skipping school isn’t okay.”
Ace responds, “Did you actually think skipping school was normal until he got mad about it? That’d explain why you brought it up to him like it was no big deal…”
Deuce says that he was an easy target back home because he stood out too much, people would assume he was “muscling in on their turf” and pick fights with him, and references a time when he got into a fight against five other people at once.
It seems that bugle playing is taught in middle schools in Clock Town but Deuce cannot do it, saying, “I thought all that flute playing and singing was silly…so I skipped out…I don’t think that anymore, of course!” and “Wish I could tell my past self he’s going to embarrass himself one day…”
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