Have I yet to be bothered by it? I hardly can begin to understand it, but that will not prevent me from accepting it. It is not the strangest thing I have ever seen.
[Though it really ranks up there, which says something. But let's not just blurt that out.]
Considering what I know about your reality, I would hope it's not the strangest!
[ With a relatively straightforward clearing ahead of them, he takes his eyes off the hiking trail and leans over to press a kiss to Venat's cheek, smiling and warm. ]
Let me help him get settled in and then we'll revisit that. I really did overload him with a lot as soon as he got here. I regret that...
Perhaps, but I've no doubt that in doing so, you've conveyed the sincerity of your thoughts and feelings. That is something important that you'll not regret, I have every confidence.
we can wrap up this one too pre-event :3c CAN'T WAIT FOR AKIRA TO MEET HER. OH BOY
[ A part of him will always worry that he started Akira off on the wrong foot in Visium, and that echoes of their first meeting will follow him throughout the rest of his time here. How disquieting, to be set up on at once by someone you don't recognize in a completely unfamiliar false reality. If he'd had a lick of sense about him, he wouldn't have, but...
Have but half the faith in yourself that you have in others.
[Honestly advice for Maruki's Entire Life, not just this moment, but here and now it is needed. She gives his hand a gentle squeeze, turning her smile to him once more.]
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Maruki swings their joined hands as he sighs, theatrical and dramatic, and then laughs. ]
You may have a point. But they really do get along! So far, anyway...
[ Oh, he's got a big storm coming. ]
Anyhow. Now that you know that dynamic's been added to my home, you wouldn't still consider living there, would you...?
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[Though it really ranks up there, which says something. But let's not just blurt that out.]
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[ With a relatively straightforward clearing ahead of them, he takes his eyes off the hiking trail and leans over to press a kiss to Venat's cheek, smiling and warm. ]
Let me help him get settled in and then we'll revisit that. I really did overload him with a lot as soon as he got here. I regret that...
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we can wrap up this one too pre-event :3c CAN'T WAIT FOR AKIRA TO MEET HER. OH BOY
[ A part of him will always worry that he started Akira off on the wrong foot in Visium, and that echoes of their first meeting will follow him throughout the rest of his time here. How disquieting, to be set up on at once by someone you don't recognize in a completely unfamiliar false reality. If he'd had a lick of sense about him, he wouldn't have, but...
Well. Leap first, look later. That's always been Maruki's fatal flaw. ]
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[Honestly advice for Maruki's Entire Life, not just this moment, but here and now it is needed. She gives his hand a gentle squeeze, turning her smile to him once more.]
It shall all be well.