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[He doesn't know it's eight hundred dollars. He knows it's a pretty dress, but if he knew how much it was, he'd probably be trying to hold onto his coughing.]
His--[cough]--name was Sjors. Had the most magnificent long blonde hair I've ever seen on a living being, ever. And we were the same size, so there was a lot of camaraderie, and...we were really into each other, but he decided the city wasn't for him...
[He'd be into that, honestly.]
His--[cough]--name was Sjors. Had the most magnificent long blonde hair I've ever seen on a living being, ever. And we were the same size, so there was a lot of camaraderie, and...we were really into each other, but he decided the city wasn't for him...
[He'd be into that, honestly.]
We can do that as soon as I'm not draining whole pints of blood!
[It'd make a great weekend activity!]
I think I wouldn't be as terrified of drowning or getting swept away somewhere if I was with you. [Something occurs to her, and it puts a grin on her face:] ... It'd be so cool to see you punch a shark! Not to kill it 'She's semi-afraid of marine life but that doesn't mean she wants it to die!] but just, y'know.
[No. No reasonable person would know. But it's a fun mental image all the same.]
[It'd make a great weekend activity!]
I think I wouldn't be as terrified of drowning or getting swept away somewhere if I was with you. [Something occurs to her, and it puts a grin on her face:] ... It'd be so cool to see you punch a shark! Not to kill it 'She's semi-afraid of marine life but that doesn't mean she wants it to die!] but just, y'know.
[No. No reasonable person would know. But it's a fun mental image all the same.]
[She's going to have little circles all over herself if his reacts are anything to go by.]
That's it!
[It's pretty much done whether you like it or not, handsome.] If the worst part of it is that it's over then it's not a waste of time.
That's it!
[It's pretty much done whether you like it or not, handsome.] If the worst part of it is that it's over then it's not a waste of time.
[That would be a terrible idea, and an expensive dress is absolutely nothing compared to Boxer's health and comfort, so it all works out.
... She has no idea how one would spell 'Sjors', that sounds like an incredibly unique name. And that's coming from a woman whose own name absolutely does not fit her voice or appearance.]
What, and you weren't tempted to run off into the Country with him?
[She's teasing, of course, and continues to alternate between rubbing his back and petting his hair.]
... She has no idea how one would spell 'Sjors', that sounds like an incredibly unique name. And that's coming from a woman whose own name absolutely does not fit her voice or appearance.]
What, and you weren't tempted to run off into the Country with him?
[She's teasing, of course, and continues to alternate between rubbing his back and petting his hair.]
Tempted? Yeah. But I never could. I'm deep-sea, and the best I could get out there is a lake. I'd eat the entire ecosystem in a week...
[The affection...actually really, really helps, and not in just the way he imagined it would.]
I think you would've liked him. Quiet. [Coming from Boxer, that's saying something.] Artsy. Emotionally sensitive. Ripped. [Cough.]
[The affection...actually really, really helps, and not in just the way he imagined it would.]
I think you would've liked him. Quiet. [Coming from Boxer, that's saying something.] Artsy. Emotionally sensitive. Ripped. [Cough.]
[Boxer's the only marine life she isn't semi-scared of.]
That's assuming I can keep up long enough to see you do it! [His job is to literally patrol the bay, dude's probably stupidly fast, and he's mentioned it before so she just kind of assumes he makes the water version of 'nyoom' when he's swimming.]
Let's hope we don't get to drowning at all. [She laughs, but it's a little thin.] ... You've got a height issue and I've got a 'the image of my body quietly floating into utter darkness' issue.
[This is one way that no couple should match.]
That's assuming I can keep up long enough to see you do it! [His job is to literally patrol the bay, dude's probably stupidly fast, and he's mentioned it before so she just kind of assumes he makes the water version of 'nyoom' when he's swimming.]
Let's hope we don't get to drowning at all. [She laughs, but it's a little thin.] ... You've got a height issue and I've got a 'the image of my body quietly floating into utter darkness' issue.
[This is one way that no couple should match.]
He lived, though!
[Boxer. What is there to be frustrated by. Explain it to your future-basically-official girlfriend. Use graphs and pie charts.]
[Boxer. What is there to be frustrated by. Explain it to your future-basically-official girlfriend. Use graphs and pie charts.]
[Of course he couldn't, she knew it, but either the joke went over his head or it's still a vaguely serious thought for him.]
You know my weaknesses, handsome. [Although emotionally sensitive types don't always do so well with her.] Well, hey, if you ever wanna go visit him for a few days, there's still the aqua bed, and the ecosystem would recover.
[By now the smell of chicken and vegetables is beginning to fill up his apartment, but she doesn't make a move to get up yet.]
I swear being with you really has made me a much better person, Boxer. I'm not even jealous.
[And usually she would be frothing a little at the idea of someone before her, someone that might be better or love harder or satisfy better than she could. But, nope, totally chill.]
You know my weaknesses, handsome. [Although emotionally sensitive types don't always do so well with her.] Well, hey, if you ever wanna go visit him for a few days, there's still the aqua bed, and the ecosystem would recover.
[By now the smell of chicken and vegetables is beginning to fill up his apartment, but she doesn't make a move to get up yet.]
I swear being with you really has made me a much better person, Boxer. I'm not even jealous.
[And usually she would be frothing a little at the idea of someone before her, someone that might be better or love harder or satisfy better than she could. But, nope, totally chill.]
No way...I know if I ever visited him we'd have sex for hours. Can't do that stuff anymore.
[He means emotionally sensitive in the best way--the kind that Sjors could see through anyone like an open book, which was both eerie and soothing to Boxer who tends to try to hide things when he's uncomfortable.]
Yeah?
[He's smiling, even though his face is a bit buried.]
Glad to hear it...I'm much happier with you in my life, too...
[Which is why he can't go around fucking God-tier-handsome centaurs.]
[He means emotionally sensitive in the best way--the kind that Sjors could see through anyone like an open book, which was both eerie and soothing to Boxer who tends to try to hide things when he's uncomfortable.]
Yeah?
[He's smiling, even though his face is a bit buried.]
Glad to hear it...I'm much happier with you in my life, too...
[Which is why he can't go around fucking God-tier-handsome centaurs.]
That was part of the simulation! He had to leave it and come back to the real world!
[So as for what actually happened to their real world selves is ... Something else.]
[So as for what actually happened to their real world selves is ... Something else.]
Thank you.
[She shudders a bit, and rubs the back of her neck before she goes back to enjoying her meal. It's too good to waste on bad thoughts, and she can't help smiling when he does that. So cute and handsome and assuring.]
Ahh, y'know, I should definitely get a look at things since they're talking about remodeling sections of the pier.
[She shudders a bit, and rubs the back of her neck before she goes back to enjoying her meal. It's too good to waste on bad thoughts, and she can't help smiling when he does that. So cute and handsome and assuring.]
Ahh, y'know, I should definitely get a look at things since they're talking about remodeling sections of the pier.
[There had better be a story otherwise he's suddenly become a drama queen.]
I'm guessing you're not exactly on board with the idea.
[Said somewhere around stuffing the last of her dumpling(s) into her mouth.]
I'm guessing you're not exactly on board with the idea.
[Said somewhere around stuffing the last of her dumpling(s) into her mouth.]
[She had kind of meant they could all have sex for hours and therefore no one would be cheating, but her newfound growth doesn't extent to people who might potentially wield the ability to take Boxer from her.
So she lets that topic go pretty easily.]
Even when you're sicker than a dog at the vet.
[Was that supposed to be a metaphor??? Who knows. She keeps petting him, though, and graduates to gently running the tips of her nails along his shoulders, and then goes a step forward to massage him gently.]
When you have something on your stomach you need to get some real sleep, okay?
So she lets that topic go pretty easily.]
Even when you're sicker than a dog at the vet.
[Was that supposed to be a metaphor??? Who knows. She keeps petting him, though, and graduates to gently running the tips of her nails along his shoulders, and then goes a step forward to massage him gently.]
When you have something on your stomach you need to get some real sleep, okay?
First of all, kudos for even noticing that.
[She actually didn't catch it until her fifth viewing which was ... A long time ago.]
But don't you think he could have chosen to end it or stay in it with more than a dramatic jump? It's true that we can't be completely sure if he left it or not, but choices like that aren't meant to be cut and dry anyway.
[And the emotional breadth needed to fully expand on that and make either decision as weighted and realistic as needed would be whole other film. Maybe two.] Either way, it's a choice he got to make after learning the truth.
[She actually didn't catch it until her fifth viewing which was ... A long time ago.]
But don't you think he could have chosen to end it or stay in it with more than a dramatic jump? It's true that we can't be completely sure if he left it or not, but choices like that aren't meant to be cut and dry anyway.
[And the emotional breadth needed to fully expand on that and make either decision as weighted and realistic as needed would be whole other film. Maybe two.] Either way, it's a choice he got to make after learning the truth.
[Well, for one, he has no idea that's what she was proposing. And two: she doesn't have to worry about Sjors being competition, because their environment needs were so radically different that it broke them up in the first place.]
I'd rather be here than at the vet.
[Because that's...despite all of the progress the culture has made to include monsterkind into the fold, they're still treated by veterinarians, not medical doctors. Not that Boxer has ever expressed a sensitivity to it--it's just that, like anyone else, he'd rather be in his own bed (tank) than a hard examination table.
He groans pleasantly at the massaging. He wants her to move lower, like his lumbar area, but he doesn't want to lose his lap-pillow either. He gives her a tired nod to agree with the idea of food...]
I hope I don't get my fish sick...
I'd rather be here than at the vet.
[Because that's...despite all of the progress the culture has made to include monsterkind into the fold, they're still treated by veterinarians, not medical doctors. Not that Boxer has ever expressed a sensitivity to it--it's just that, like anyone else, he'd rather be in his own bed (tank) than a hard examination table.
He groans pleasantly at the massaging. He wants her to move lower, like his lumbar area, but he doesn't want to lose his lap-pillow either. He gives her a tired nod to agree with the idea of food...]
I hope I don't get my fish sick...
I would've stayed...
[Boxer fidgets with his hands a little before turning to her.]
If I were him, I wouldn't care that they're "fake"...the relationships in there were way better than the ones he had in reality. I don't understand why he'd go back, other than the attempt to make it sound like the morally right decision.
[He feels bad that he's being all negative again.]
[Boxer fidgets with his hands a little before turning to her.]
If I were him, I wouldn't care that they're "fake"...the relationships in there were way better than the ones he had in reality. I don't understand why he'd go back, other than the attempt to make it sound like the morally right decision.
[He feels bad that he's being all negative again.]
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