(She gets up, suddenly needing to pace around while this happens.) We haven't really talked since. I feel like— (I took advantage of her while she was upset? She doesn't really know how to say it to herself let alone Benedict. She doesn't finish the sentence.)
She's still cut up about Ellie. (It rushes out of her now, guiltily.) And we were high, and I don't know if she wants... I don't even know what I want.
He flops onto his back, staring at the ceiling to process the situation.]
Sometimes it just... [he speaks a bit haltingly, a moment of vulnerability,] ...sometimes you just have to get it out of your system. Being high's good for that.
[He pauses,]
But Ellie-- maybe she'll show up again, maybe not. If she does, she might not remember anything.
[It's with some pain that he says the words aloud: Abby knows his thoughts on Rifter disappearances, and it isn't a topic he takes lightly.]
Anything could happen. Anytime. If you really feel it... you owe it to yourselves to figure it out sooner than later.
(Abby stops pacing. She holds her crystal close, nodding even though Benedict can't see her doing it. It's oddly reassuring to think of Thedas being much like it was at home. Anything could happen. People leave, people die, things change on the flip of a coin, faster than you can react to it.)
Yeah. (He's right.
And at least she knows what she doesn't want.) I don't wanna lose her as a friend.
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Date: 2024-10-15 09:33 pm (UTC)[he sounds genuinely pleased]
Well what's the problem? You didn't fuck in the training yard, did you?
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Date: 2024-10-15 09:39 pm (UTC)(She gets up, suddenly needing to pace around while this happens.) We haven't really talked since. I feel like— (I took advantage of her while she was upset? She doesn't really know how to say it to herself let alone Benedict. She doesn't finish the sentence.)
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Date: 2024-10-15 09:40 pm (UTC)[a pause, as he considers,]
Do you think of her that way?
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Date: 2024-10-15 09:43 pm (UTC)(They fucked, dude,)
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Date: 2024-10-15 09:45 pm (UTC)Then... check in? What's the problem?
Bring her some flowers.
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Date: 2024-10-15 09:49 pm (UTC)The only thing she can think to say is,) She would hate that.
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Date: 2024-10-15 09:50 pm (UTC)Bring her a dead toad or something then?
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Date: 2024-10-15 09:52 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2024-10-15 10:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-10-15 10:15 pm (UTC)He flops onto his back, staring at the ceiling to process the situation.]
Sometimes it just... [he speaks a bit haltingly, a moment of vulnerability,] ...sometimes you just have to get it out of your system. Being high's good for that.
[He pauses,]
But Ellie-- maybe she'll show up again, maybe not. If she does, she might not remember anything.
[It's with some pain that he says the words aloud: Abby knows his thoughts on Rifter disappearances, and it isn't a topic he takes lightly.]
Anything could happen. Anytime. If you really feel it... you owe it to yourselves to figure it out sooner than later.
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Date: 2024-10-15 10:23 pm (UTC)Yeah. (He's right.
And at least she knows what she doesn't want.) I don't wanna lose her as a friend.
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Date: 2024-10-15 10:54 pm (UTC)[with gentle humor,] lay it all out there. The worst that can happen is she'll hate you forever.
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Date: 2024-10-15 11:30 pm (UTC)I'd hate me forever.
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Date: 2024-10-16 12:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-10-16 12:59 am (UTC)... Thanks.