I'd be having a pretty crap time in this town if it did.
[Public sex seemed to be quite a few people's preferred kink, and then there were the festivals and everything else in between. Besides, there'd never been that much privacy on the Ark, and the Dropship camp had had even less. He shrugs.]
Just give me a head's up and I'll find somewhere else to be.
[ it sounds a little contradictory, to her — it doesn't bother him, but he will clear out when it's going on. that warrants clarification, right? ]
You don't have to.
[ this is clumsily extended. she doesn't want him to feel like he has to find somewhere else to be just because they're busy. she knows what it's like to be made unwelcome. that's not what this is. ]
[ she narrows her gaze a little, trying to figure out how 'needing time together' was something that couldn't be done in the company of others. ultimately, though, she takes the offering for what it is. respect, as he says. ]
Thank you. [ even if this is put very awkwardly, like she's not entirely sure what she's thanking him for. ] I will make sure we don't wake you.
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[Public sex seemed to be quite a few people's preferred kink, and then there were the festivals and everything else in between. Besides, there'd never been that much privacy on the Ark, and the Dropship camp had had even less. He shrugs.]
Just give me a head's up and I'll find somewhere else to be.
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You don't have to.
[ this is clumsily extended. she doesn't want him to feel like he has to find somewhere else to be just because they're busy. she knows what it's like to be made unwelcome. that's not what this is. ]
Unless we are bothering you.
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That isn't really how things work, where I'm from.
[Unless you were absolutely stuck in close quarters, you gave a couple space. He isn't stuck, has plenty of other places he can go.]
It's more about... respect, I guess. I respect you two needing time together, and you respect my occasional need to sleep.
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Thank you. [ even if this is put very awkwardly, like she's not entirely sure what she's thanking him for. ] I will make sure we don't wake you.