behemoth, meet the opposition

[mrglam]

Sadde doesn't seem quite able to focus on homework at the moment. He's fidgeting, and sometimes stares off into space for long periods of time before James has to snap him out of it.

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[thinkering]

"So, I am actually sort of guilty and sympathetic now but these are different emotions from the teenage hormone kind, FYI."

[mrglam]

"Nnnooo, okay, changing tacks, um..."

[thinkering]

Giggle.

[mrglam]

"I'm running out of brain here! Come on, gimme a clue."

[thinkering]

"I don't come with a treasure map, you know."

[mrglam]

"Oh, do I. It's what I like about you." Pause. "One of the things I like about you, anyway."

[thinkering]

"I'm beginning to suspect there aren't traits I have that you don't like about me."

[mrglam]

"Um." Think. "I don't like how you're not kissing me right now."

[thinkering]

"That's not a trait!"

[mrglam]

"Well I don't know that it isn't! The only way to tell would be if it went away."

[thinkering]

"Alas, the moment at which you uttered that sentence is gone forever. I will never have been kissing you right then."

[mrglam]

"That's true, but I'm willing to overlook that if you kiss me."

[thinkering]

"And what if you don't overlook it? What are you gonna do? I'm shaking."

[mrglam]

"Well, I'll still be pretty in love with you, actually."

[thinkering]

"My apprehension was in vain."

[mrglam]

"But, you know, why risk it? I might be miscalculating my reactions."

[thinkering]

"Wouldn't that be valuable information?"

[mrglam]

"Maybe, but I think there are situations with less catastrophic consequences to test my models of myself."

[thinkering]

"Oh dear, are we on the brink of catastrophe? That sounds troubling. I might feel pressured, Sadde."

[mrglam]

"Yes, the horrible catastrophe of not kissing me. It can be avoided pretty easily, however."

[thinkering]

"You can stand not being kissed, for you are already enduring it."

[mrglam]

"I can stand it, but why should I when there's such a simple solution to this plight?"

[thinkering]

"Because I haven't thought for a year yet. It's not often I have my judgment so starkly called into question. It changes everything."

[mrglam]

"One's opinion when so impaired should not be taken as evidence of anything, especially not evidence of any fault in your judgment."

[thinkering]

"You're still walking a fine line claiming to be impaired. Especially what with me being your captain, too."