You'd better not. But fair's fair; if it were to happen —
[Unthinkable. Abhorrent. Wrong, wrong, wrong. It can't happen, it cannot happen.
But she likely thought the exact same thing, a minute ago, and if he'd had the right to shush her about it, then he's got to accept the burden of considering it now that it's his turn.]
— I'll take them. ...And look better in them than you.
Like hell you will. [she protests, huffing at him.] I'm adding one more thing to my conditions. You've got to pinky promise me you'll take care of Harrow, if that happens. Bones and all.
You too, eh? Good. She can stand a little annoyance and grief.
[Hmmmm. He reflects a long moment, before returning his hands to his lap and idly toying with the extremely stupid stuffed animal he's still got perched there.]
she watches him mess around with the animal for a moment, and then leans back a bit so she can pull a cloth out of her pocket. she just goes ahead and scrubs the face paint off.]
Good. [she says, voice a touch soft.] I meant it when I said I wasn't going to let you sulk.
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[Unthinkable. Abhorrent. Wrong, wrong, wrong. It can't happen, it cannot happen.
But she likely thought the exact same thing, a minute ago, and if he'd had the right to shush her about it, then he's got to accept the burden of considering it now that it's his turn.]
— I'll take them. ...And look better in them than you.
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Like hell you will. [she protests, huffing at him.] I'm adding one more thing to my conditions. You've got to pinky promise me you'll take care of Harrow, if that happens. Bones and all.
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[...]
Mayhap especially if she refused to allow it.
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[... she just flops back to sit on the ground.]
Stupid.
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[Hmmmm. He reflects a long moment, before returning his hands to his lap and idly toying with the extremely stupid stuffed animal he's still got perched there.]
...This helped, you know. For what it's worth.
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she watches him mess around with the animal for a moment, and then leans back a bit so she can pull a cloth out of her pocket. she just goes ahead and scrubs the face paint off.]
Good. [she says, voice a touch soft.] I meant it when I said I wasn't going to let you sulk.