[ They can see when it clicks. Good. There's no need for shotguns or elaborate ritual suicides here today, all is forgiven.
Which means they can stop worrying over whether everything was pointless, and instead worry over what was actually said. He normally speaks in bits-of-sentences, so this is nothing new, merely... an extended lesson of sorts. Learning which sentence to stitch to which, with the threads of what was left between.
There's a lot to unpack, here, so breathe. One at a time. ]
A week isn't long, no. But it's also... um, not long enough to completely throw everything out over, either, by that logic.
[ Framing it in pieces makes it easier to answer it in pieces, too. Leaving one thread loose might end badly later. ]
Which just means we can figure it out together, right? Because I'm not-- I won't order you to do anything. [ oh boy here we go- ] Leaving, o-or staying- should be your choice. Ordering you one way or the other wouldn't be- that's not how-- [ How words. How do, in fact, words. ]
We're partners. None of this changes how we treat each other- or, it... shouldn't, anyway.
[ And then they, belatedly, catch the 'forbidden' comment, which starts to make them freeze - is. is this gonna be a disaster, somehow? But no, one freak-out at a time, later. ]
... ah, I probably sound silly, don't I. [ Which means time to aggressively hyperfocus on their tea and recover for the next round, yes. ]
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Which means they can stop worrying over whether everything was pointless, and instead worry over what was actually said. He normally speaks in bits-of-sentences, so this is nothing new, merely... an extended lesson of sorts. Learning which sentence to stitch to which, with the threads of what was left between.
There's a lot to unpack, here, so breathe. One at a time. ]
A week isn't long, no. But it's also... um, not long enough to completely throw everything out over, either, by that logic.
[ Framing it in pieces makes it easier to answer it in pieces, too. Leaving one thread loose might end badly later. ]
Which just means we can figure it out together, right? Because I'm not-- I won't order you to do anything. [ oh boy here we go- ] Leaving, o-or staying- should be your choice. Ordering you one way or the other wouldn't be- that's not how-- [ How words. How do, in fact, words. ]
We're partners. None of this changes how we treat each other- or, it... shouldn't, anyway.
[ And then they, belatedly, catch the 'forbidden' comment, which starts to make them freeze - is. is this gonna be a disaster, somehow? But no, one freak-out at a time, later. ]
... ah, I probably sound silly, don't I. [ Which means time to aggressively hyperfocus on their tea and recover for the next round, yes. ]