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[pummelgranite]

"Persephone. Speak."

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[pummelgranite]

[ There's a long beat while she processes that. ]


You seriously just called me to chat?

[slightlyoffchilt]

[A beat.]

Has no one ever done that for you before?

[pummelgranite]

I'm a Millennial. We text.

[slightlyoffchilt]

So you prefer that I text you to check in for next time?

[Next time.]

[pummelgranite]

Not really my point.

[slightlyoffchilt]

It's only a gesture of thought and concern. You needn't feel insecure about it.

[pummelgranite]

Excuse me?

[slightlyoffchilt]

Oh, so are we not going to talk about that?

[pummelgranite]

Uh, no, we are fucking not.

[slightlyoffchilt]

[Spoken quickly, all in one breath, like he's trying to say it before she does something:] Because people can and will enjoy your company without anything bad necessarily happening to them as consequence.

[pummelgranite]

Uh huh. Wanna elaborate, there?

[slightlyoffchilt]

I think you like to appear disinterested in intimate connections for fear of your company suffering some terrible fate simply due to the so-called sin of associating with you.

Which is, of course, a harmful burden for you to carry.

[pummelgranite]

[ Wow. Ask an ill-advised question, get an ill-advised answer. She snorts. ]


Your definition of friendly chat sucks.

[slightlyoffchilt]

It might be friendlier in person.

[pummelgranite]

So you called to insult me and then ask me out? Interesting tactic.

[slightlyoffchilt]

I did not intend it as an insult -- just an observation. One that, if anything, suggests a nobility about your inclinations.

No one is suggesting a martyr complex.

[pummelgranite]

You just called me insecure!

[slightlyoffchilt]

But in a factual way, not a pejorative way.

[pummelgranite]

"It's not an insult because it's true." Bullshit.

[slightlyoffchilt]

Why do you want to be self-destructive?

[pummelgranite]

Why do you call people up and make weird personal comments?

[slightlyoffchilt]

Because I am very good at it. Do you consider self-destruction to be a talent of yours?

[pummelgranite]

Actually, yeah. Is that what you wanted to hear? I'm fucking great at destroying. It's right there, right on the label.

[slightlyoffchilt]

Why focus all that talent on yourself, then?

[pummelgranite]

[ A decent doctor would guide her thtough NOT destroying. Laura's would have, at least. Still... ]

You have a better target?