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zoomingupthathill) wrote2022-10-20 02:35 am
zoomingupthathill) wrote2022-10-20 02:35 am
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[what is he DOING
Besides revving up to insist that that's not what he's assuming actually. And then getting something resembling a grip.]
Correct. I don't spend much of my day hanging around people our age and never have. My impression was that this kind of thing happens pretty frequently when you do.
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youre not exactly wrong i guess?
yeah last summer everyone was kind of obsessed with dating and romance and shit like that [ herself included but no not like that don't perceive her ]
but with my friends in california we never talked about it
its entirely reasonable to not be used to the complicated battleground of teenage dating
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- share lore that makes you sound like a Dweeb Ass but honors Max's sacrifice of time and dignity to your stupid cause
- be aloof, allowing Max to invent her own headcanons but retaining plausible deniability. warning: may potentially end the conversation whether there's any juice left in it or not
CHOOSE WISELY.]
Thank you for the validation.
Not being used to it isn't something I mind. Seeing a world I wasn't raised to be a part of is just a given. It's an issue of
[...
It's a lot of things, which he's a bit staggered by the volume of, and unsure of how to sum up. It's not that he particularly wants to enter that "world", or feels like he has to. So what is it that's freaking him out about this so much further than just tell him you're not interested, then? Is it plain FOMO? Some kind of practicality or inevitability? A need to have it both ways, finding a way to rebel without actually stepping out of his comfort zone? Or just more Ryslig existentialism??]
I don't even know how to explain it.
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just start with what you do know
im not going to make fun
[ It's different. But in a way, with how much he isn't sure of...
It reminds her of El. ]
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What he does know. Alright. Backing up, then.]
I suspect you've already worked this out, but my family is extremely wealthy. Specifically, through research and business, not any kind of aristocratic ties. When I say I grew up in a different world it's not a formal rule or distinction. I wasn't prohibited from being around other families or anything. It was just the way we spent our time. Everything was connected to the family business, even when I was very young.
[tapping...his fingers...]
This isn't even counting anything to do with Mother losing her mind. That complicated everything. But imagining if it hadn't, I would still be in a similar position w/r/t my family. Anyone I felt seriously about would need to be ready to be around all of that. Not just the people but the business and the money.
Obviously none of this matters anymore, it's just the starting point. I know there are a lot of different ways to have a relationship. None of them really appeal to me.
[and that's the point where his head starts to spin, because it sounds so simple but there is something else absolutely fucking chewing on him that he cannot isolate.]
What I don't know is why it's not enough to just say that. It feels like there's something important I'm forgetting to add to that.
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[ Just to confirm, yeah, she knows, young master.
But, okay, part of this is new. She absolutely thought he was a little prince runaway. Time to mull over whether to keep that secret forever or pull it out when she really feels like teasing him.
Honestly, what surprises her the most is how candid he is about his mother. Max is...touched, honestly. ]
anyway there shouldnt be
anything else to say i mean
i think if you tell someone youre not interested then thats it
anyone who tries to push it is an asshole
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Right. And I don't have trouble saying so.
[After which there's a hefty pause. Long enough that one could assume he's finished up his conversational turn, without any silverfeather is typing... to clarify things.
(Meanwhile, chasing his feelings past that hurdle just backs them into a corner. All the conclusions he can draw are just kind of pathetic, and most of them are beyond what he came running to Max about in the first place. He can work that shit out on his own. Probably.)]
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But...more doesn't come, so. ]
so thats all there is to it
unfortunately there arent any secret shortcuts
which is why im emphasizing again: if someone doesnt take no for an answer screw them
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If you ask Max this question you will explode immediately.
Oh well.
He doesn't need the reassurance. But it's...sort of nice anyways? Maybe? He doesn't hear that kind of thing often enough to have a standing opinion on it. Is he taking this too seriously? Or not seriously enough...?]
I'll remember it. Thanks.