[ There's a pause. He remains, always, more accustomed and more comfortable with being defensively bratty and incorrigible in the face of never-ending and unstoppable criticism (thanks Isolde, thanks Chantry, thanks nearly everyone) than he is with handling unexpected empathy or damn-giving. It makes him fumble. And while he's fumbling, he clings to the detached humor. ]
Aww, Nathaniel. I'm touched.
[ Except he is, actually. There's another pause. ]
And I'm sorry I made a spectacle of it. I should have just put something in his food.
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crystal
He does hedge his bets and sound warily ironic, though, in case it is. ]
Thank you?
crystal
crystal
[ There's a pause. He remains, always, more accustomed and more comfortable with being defensively bratty and incorrigible in the face of never-ending and unstoppable criticism (thanks Isolde, thanks Chantry, thanks nearly everyone) than he is with handling unexpected empathy or damn-giving. It makes him fumble. And while he's fumbling, he clings to the detached humor. ]
Aww, Nathaniel. I'm touched.
[ Except he is, actually. There's another pause. ]
And I'm sorry I made a spectacle of it. I should have just put something in his food.
crystal
Maybe don't murder him. Other than that, I can't do too much complaining. I lost family to him too.
crystal
If I were going to murder him, I would have done it a long time ago. I was thinking stomach cramps.