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[frotag]

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[frotag]

Then chillin' it is.

[ gentle headbonk. ]

... Thanks for not laughing too hard at me and Charles, by the way.

[naeddre]

Not everybody can be graceful.

[she tries for a joke, headbonked out of the absent part of her depression.]

I wasn't in the mindset to really tease either of you.

[frotag]

[ he spares her a laugh now. ]

Well, I'm ready to hear it now, if you're ready to let me have it.

[naeddre]

... No, that's alright.

[she says, quietly.]

Maybe I'll be able to think of something later.

[frotag]

—Huh?

[ he's thinking he missed her say something when she trailed off. ]

[naeddre]

[no she's just too depressed in this thread to make a joke at him so she kind of just goes ??? at him]

[frotag]

Oh, uh... nothing. Thought you said something.

[ he laughs, rubbing the back of his neck as he takes a sip of his drink. ]

...Say, Necchan, have you always been an animal person?

[naeddre]

[she takes a sip of her drink, sinking down a bit.]

... I suppose. [she says, finally.] I've always liked dogs. Why?

[frotag]

Would you say you like animals more than people?

[naeddre]

[she thinks about that.]

... I don't know. I think I like some animals more than some people. But not all.

[frotag]

Heh. Where does that place me, then?

[ he turns to her with a grin. ]

Woof woof.

[naeddre]

[that gets her to smile a bit - halfhearted, but it's there!]

Better and worse than some dogs I've met. [SHE'S TEASING]

[frotag]

[ a smile is a smile! he'll take it. ]

Oh yeah? Tell me about one of these better dogs. I wanna scope out my competition.

[naeddre]

Well, one of them is Temenos, so you'll have to work for that one.

[she says wryly, leaning back in her chair.]

[frotag]

Oof. And here I was expecting you to say Ichiwan...