( because mavis doesn't exaggerate. she's just not the type to embellish, even when she's passionate about something. )
She'll keep pushing until you give in or leave. I'd recommend accepting her help instead of going out when you're not at your best, but it's your call.
[The words-only talk isn't something Murphy uses often. It feels unnatural to him, too used to the connection the Nest had offered. In the immediate, it had felt safer, limited. But he needs more, needs to know for sure that this isn't going to screw everything up.]
(You're really okay with this?)
[A beat, and he adds:]
(Even if this wasn't happening, if I wasn't... whatever, changing.)
[Because that added a factor to it that he doesn't really appreciate. Making this a need that had to be met, like treating a wound. He needs to know that isn't influencing Aristaeus' answer, same as he'd needed to know it wasn't influencing Mavis.]
( he and mavis are alike in that regard. the only real difference is he's slightly more socially adept because he's had to interact with people more often.
there's a sense of consideration, head tilting, curious. there's something beneath murphy's question that's piqued his interest, but he holds back on the urge to probe for now. )
(You can fuck each other as much as you both want, wherever and however you want. Just don't take anything she isn't offering, and we'll be fine.)
[Even with Mavis' certainty, with the fact he was even asking, that wasn't the answer Murphy was expecting. Definitely not something that encompassing, either. He's quiet for a moment, the time it takes for him to shift his entire understanding of something he'd known as a social norm. On the other side of it, he still feels awkward, embarrassed, but now it's more for making a fuss about something that apparently did not warrant it.]
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( because mavis doesn't exaggerate. she's just not the type to embellish, even when she's passionate about something. )
She'll keep pushing until you give in or leave. I'd recommend accepting her help instead of going out when you're not at your best, but it's your call.
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( You're really okay with this? )
[A beat, and he adds:]
( Even if this wasn't happening, if I wasn't... whatever, changing. )
[Because that added a factor to it that he doesn't really appreciate. Making this a need that had to be met, like treating a wound. He needs to know that isn't influencing Aristaeus' answer, same as he'd needed to know it wasn't influencing Mavis.]
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( he and mavis are alike in that regard. the only real difference is he's slightly more socially adept because he's had to interact with people more often.
there's a sense of consideration, head tilting, curious. there's something beneath murphy's question that's piqued his interest, but he holds back on the urge to probe for now. )
( You can fuck each other as much as you both want, wherever and however you want. Just don't take anything she isn't offering, and we'll be fine. )
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( Okay. )
[What is he meant to say to something like that?]
( Thanks for... clearing that up. )
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