You keep looking out for others, but...why were you alone with me, especially in that state? Why not with your friends? Your loved ones? Just this old guide...
[He rubs at his eyebrow, a little distant.]
You just seemed...more alone than any person should be. [...] I admit. I have been cross with you. You simplify me and make me seem shallow in ways that I can't even tolerate.
[A shake of the head.]
It isn't about...pretty girls, and whatnot. All I thought was..."You shouldn't be abandoned like this plushie is."
[ Well, that's a level of sincerity she didn't expect, and March sits there for a few seconds before she meets his eyes. ]
It's called teasing, you know? I don't actually think you've got some kind of weakness for pretty girls, but I also didn't think you'd talk to me properly if I didn't poke at you a little. So that's on me.
[ it's probably an apology. ]
But I thought that about you too, when I saw you. You looked like you were going to fade away with the shadows when I saw you sitting there and I didn't like the thought of you looking that alone. So I butted in.
[ As ever. It's what she does. ]
... I'm bad at minding my own business, I get that. But I guess maybe you're also not that great at it, either. [ If he'd thought he couldn't leave her alone. ]
Well, I don't mind that in a person, though. But fine, I do think you care about Malkuth more than you're letting on. And that's probably complicated, but I don't think you're here to mess with her feelings, which is the most important part to me.
[ She twists the straw a little, between her fingers. ]
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You keep looking out for others, but...why were you alone with me, especially in that state? Why not with your friends? Your loved ones? Just this old guide...
[He rubs at his eyebrow, a little distant.]
You just seemed...more alone than any person should be. [...] I admit. I have been cross with you. You simplify me and make me seem shallow in ways that I can't even tolerate.
[A shake of the head.]
It isn't about...pretty girls, and whatnot. All I thought was..."You shouldn't be abandoned like this plushie is."
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It's called teasing, you know? I don't actually think you've got some kind of weakness for pretty girls, but I also didn't think you'd talk to me properly if I didn't poke at you a little. So that's on me.
[ it's probably an apology. ]
But I thought that about you too, when I saw you. You looked like you were going to fade away with the shadows when I saw you sitting there and I didn't like the thought of you looking that alone. So I butted in.
[ As ever. It's what she does. ]
... I'm bad at minding my own business, I get that. But I guess maybe you're also not that great at it, either. [ If he'd thought he couldn't leave her alone. ]
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[He rolls his thumb over the side of his cup in front of him, a little pensive. Fading away with the shadows...that's him, alright.]
Oh, believe me. I don't like people. If I can help it, I won't. But what can I do.
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Well, I don't mind that in a person, though. But fine, I do think you care about Malkuth more than you're letting on. And that's probably complicated, but I don't think you're here to mess with her feelings, which is the most important part to me.
[ She twists the straw a little, between her fingers. ]
And I'm grateful for your help back then, too.