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[therushingsky]

"Heyyyy, you've reached the head office of the Atlas Corporation, leave a message and your number, and one of our people will get back to you."

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[biocomposer]

I...honestly don't think I did anything much, beyond being present while she figured it out for herself.

[therushingsky]

That's doing something. Being present. Staying present after someone stamps on your head.

[Not his fondest memory, but his tone is warm all the same.]

[biocomposer]

I as good as invited her to do that. I'm still sorry you saw it.

[A slightly brittle pause.]

...We spoke more during the flood than I expected us to. I hadn't realized that my lack of emotional expression frustrated her so much.

[therushingsky]

Huh.

I guess that makes sense. She's kinda big on emotional expressions herself - probably feels a little adrift not being able to read yours.

[biocomposer]

Almost certainly.

I'm...mostly mentioning this because I don't know if you've minimized your own concerns, on that front.

[therushingsky]

[A brief pause, then, firmly:]

I haven't. Yeah, you can be kind of hard to read, Elijah, but if you need me to know what you're feeling, then I trust you to tell me. And if I need to ask you, then I will.

I trust you.

[biocomposer]

Thank you.

...Stay over tonight?

[therushingsky]

My pleasure.

What time shall I come over?

[biocomposer]

After dinner? Nine.

[therushingsky]

I'll be there. Shall I bring anything? Do you want to watch a movie or play a game or something, or should we just hang out?

[Hang out being vague enough terminology that it could cover a multitude of options...]

[biocomposer]

Let's watch a movie and then...see how we feel.

[he's not scheduling sex but you know what it's definitely happening]