[Wow! It's fine, it's pretty true. He'll cock his head to the side with a pleased smirk.]
You didn't instantly jump on me for laughs when I told you about the girls, and you've got a pretty good sense of humor. That's a nice enough start. Besides, I like to think people are worth a little more than what they might show on the surface.
[Anyway.] Annoyed sounds like a little bit of an understatement, but it still works. After what we all went through, I'm sure everyone out here is scared in their own way. It's hard not to think about it all repeating itself.
Still better than what I'm used to, honestly. Even when I say what's going on, girls back home will still do it on purpose.
Pitiful of me, right? [His voice doesn't change, but there's a subtle shift in his smile, a bitterness that's hard to shake.
A beat.]
Still... thanks for having some self-control, regardless of what you wanted to do.
[And just like that, the moment's gone, and he's fine.] Guess I should be glad we weren't figuring this stuff out while you were wasted, or this might have been a totally different conversation, huh?
[A glance at her, VERY hard to read, before he shrugs it off with a laugh.]
If you say so. Thanks.
[Moving on.]
Maybe now that we're not crammed on that bus, a drink or two would be a little more appealing. Not that I think we'll see much of it from what's in that mess hall, but who knows.
Anyway... I know this might be a little out of nowhere, but would you mind explaining what you were up to when I first came out here? That looked more like meditation than any kind of warm-up I've seen.
[ she lets it go for now, but she's going to keep it for later. once she decides she wants to know something, she will know it.
she sniffs. ] Oh - yeah, it's kind of a meditation. Yoga. It's the kind of shit the Cobalt Soul teaches you to do when you've got a shitton of anxious energy and nowhere to put it.
I can show you how to do it if you want? It's not that hard and it doesn't require me getting close to you.
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I've been poking around to try and get everybody's mindset here and there. Most people are annoyed, more than anything.
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You didn't instantly jump on me for laughs when I told you about the girls, and you've got a pretty good sense of humor. That's a nice enough start. Besides, I like to think people are worth a little more than what they might show on the surface.
[Anyway.] Annoyed sounds like a little bit of an understatement, but it still works. After what we all went through, I'm sure everyone out here is scared in their own way. It's hard not to think about it all repeating itself.
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[ beau sometimes you don't have to be honest. ] But - yeah, I mean, that's why I spent most of my time drunk on the bus.
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Pitiful of me, right? [His voice doesn't change, but there's a subtle shift in his smile, a bitterness that's hard to shake.
A beat.]
Still... thanks for having some self-control, regardless of what you wanted to do.
[And just like that, the moment's gone, and he's fine.] Guess I should be glad we weren't figuring this stuff out while you were wasted, or this might have been a totally different conversation, huh?
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[ she watches him for a moment, taking it in. storing away what she sees. and then, firmly: ] You're not pitiful.
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If you say so. Thanks.
[Moving on.]
Maybe now that we're not crammed on that bus, a drink or two would be a little more appealing. Not that I think we'll see much of it from what's in that mess hall, but who knows.
Anyway... I know this might be a little out of nowhere, but would you mind explaining what you were up to when I first came out here? That looked more like meditation than any kind of warm-up I've seen.
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she sniffs. ] Oh - yeah, it's kind of a meditation. Yoga. It's the kind of shit the Cobalt Soul teaches you to do when you've got a shitton of anxious energy and nowhere to put it.
I can show you how to do it if you want? It's not that hard and it doesn't require me getting close to you.
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[he's definitely got the legs for yoga and i hate that i have to confirm that he's just That Kind Of Guy in build]
Most of what I've been taught is only for the sake of combat and nothing else. Anything you'd have to share would be more than enough.