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Well, if you mean-- [He pauses, and then adjusts course a bit to get right to the point:] Regardless of what part of this you're asking if I'm okay with, the simple answer is "yes". I'm alright talking it out with the others, and your feelings toward me, Claude, and Dimitri don't bother me. No matter how this turns out, this isn't going to make me any less comfortable with you, nor do any of the complicating factors to be talked over have to do with my opinion of you; I think pretty highly of you, and I think the same is true of everyone else.
[With how hard Lance rolls his eyes at Grant's response, it can probably be heard around the Pokeworld. He feels no need to apologize to Steven and most of all, Lance has some misdirected and unresolved issues he's put on Thace that he's not ready to tackle anytime soon and apologizing to the Galran means he'd have to do that. No. Absolutely no. Conceal, don't feel. Emotions don't live here anymore.
Except annoyance which Lance is full of right now and just barely holds it back through texts.]
Nobody asked for that. They'll get their own apology when I talk to them.[Eventually. Never. Like on the day after Shiro's birthday.] My mother taught me it's better to apologize separately cause group I'm sorries are...
[Impersonal? Probably. But Lance, somewhere out there, a chancleta is flying towards your head cause you know that woman didn't tell you that.]
If I did that, one of you guys would have gotten salty about that too.
Except annoyance which Lance is full of right now and just barely holds it back through texts.]
Nobody asked for that. They'll get their own apology when I talk to them.[Eventually. Never. Like on the day after Shiro's birthday.] My mother taught me it's better to apologize separately cause group I'm sorries are...
[Impersonal? Probably. But Lance, somewhere out there, a chancleta is flying towards your head cause you know that woman didn't tell you that.]
If I did that, one of you guys would have gotten salty about that too.
[So Grant... types and deletes a lot before putting his actual response together.
Nobody asked you to harass three people at a charity event, either, and yet here we are.
Speaking of which, quick question, are you actually even sorry or are you only here because Shiro told you to apologize?
Weird. My mother taught me that the important thing is to make sure everyone knows you mean it.]
Then there should be no problem. Again: Get back to me after you've done that.
[You know we're not obligated to fall to our knees in gratitude over an I'm sorry after you publicly humiliated us, right?
You're not doing a great job of pretending not to look down on the people you hurt.
Fuck you.]
If you want to sound like you actually mean it that time, avoiding doing things like calling us salty is probably a good place to start.
[Kinda makes you sound like a petty twelve-year-old that didn't get the memo that when you apologize to someone, it's their choice whether to accept it or not.]
If you're actually sorry, I'd hope you'd be able to understand that it's the right of the people you wronged to choose whether they can accept your apology.
Nobody asked you to harass three people at a charity event, either, and yet here we are.
Speaking of which, quick question, are you actually even sorry or are you only here because Shiro told you to apologize?
Weird. My mother taught me that the important thing is to make sure everyone knows you mean it.]
Then there should be no problem. Again: Get back to me after you've done that.
[You know we're not obligated to fall to our knees in gratitude over an I'm sorry after you publicly humiliated us, right?
You're not doing a great job of pretending not to look down on the people you hurt.
Fuck you.]
If you want to sound like you actually mean it that time, avoiding doing things like calling us salty is probably a good place to start.
[Kinda makes you sound like a petty twelve-year-old that didn't get the memo that when you apologize to someone, it's their choice whether to accept it or not.]
If you're actually sorry, I'd hope you'd be able to understand that it's the right of the people you wronged to choose whether they can accept your apology.
[There was a moment for a pause over the phone. A stern silence almost. Like someone was trying to collect himself. A harsh inhale and exhale would be heard.]
So like...what should we do now then? What's the next step? I wanna be able to see this through so everyone's happiest with this.
So like...what should we do now then? What's the next step? I wanna be able to see this through so everyone's happiest with this.
Edited 2022-01-01 20:00 (UTC)
[That is certainly all very fascinating, even if Dimitri has to admit he doesn't get it. But who wouldn't be interested in such a fundamental change?]
[Except then Grant is calling him out, and Dimitri rubs the back of his neck.]
I suppose so... Still, it is enough to leave one feeling rather - lacking. Such brilliant people get into magic, after all.
[Except then Grant is calling him out, and Dimitri rubs the back of his neck.]
I suppose so... Still, it is enough to leave one feeling rather - lacking. Such brilliant people get into magic, after all.
Mm... I think... [Grant sighs, shoving a hand through his hair, unseen.] I guess the next step is that I'll let the others know you told me. Then we can have a more effective conversation about what to do than last time, and... I guess we'll get back to you and decide what to do from there.
...I'm sorry. I wish I could give you something more concrete than that. Or at least promise less of a waiting period before getting an answer.
...I'm sorry. I wish I could give you something more concrete than that. Or at least promise less of a waiting period before getting an answer.
Brilliant people get into all kinds of things. Philosophy, astrophysics-- uh, that's a kind of science in my world.
Anyway, point is... I get the feeling you're talking about, but just... bear in mind it's not true, y'know? Wouldn't be reasonable for everyone to get into the same high-profile crap.
Anyway, point is... I get the feeling you're talking about, but just... bear in mind it's not true, y'know? Wouldn't be reasonable for everyone to get into the same high-profile crap.
I suppose so... Still, it leaves me wondering sometimes what I am truly good for. Back in my homeland, Grant, I devoted myself almost completely to becoming a good warrior... especially in the last five years.
[For.... reasons.]
I was also trained in being a king, of course, and I like to think I delved deeply enough into those studies, but at times I wonder... Ah. [Dimitri shakes his head.] I apologize. All I came to call you about was the nature of cats and luck. This is off-topic.
[For.... reasons.]
I was also trained in being a king, of course, and I like to think I delved deeply enough into those studies, but at times I wonder... Ah. [Dimitri shakes his head.] I apologize. All I came to call you about was the nature of cats and luck. This is off-topic.
So just as a head's up I think the snorunt maybe cursed some of us with perpetual honesty and I was worried about you just in case you had things you didn't want to share with the world so uh just FYI I am going to stop typing before this gets worse!
Yeah... guess so. Sorry.
[He already said that, didn't he. Whoops.]
...Just. To be totally sure, I need to make sure you know - even if this doesn't turn out, if you still want to be friends, I do too.
[The last thing he wants is to lose a friend over all this.]
[He already said that, didn't he. Whoops.]
...Just. To be totally sure, I need to make sure you know - even if this doesn't turn out, if you still want to be friends, I do too.
[The last thing he wants is to lose a friend over all this.]
I don't know
[He wishes he could leave it at that, but - ]
Maybe it's just me and I panicked and sent this message too fast
[He wishes he could leave it at that, but - ]
Maybe it's just me and I panicked and sent this message too fast
I haven't heard of anyone else having this problem... though, maybe it is a bit early to say. I *hope* nobody else got hit with the same thing - but, in any case, I'm sorry you have been.
Maybe you should sit back and try to breathe for a bit? Are you feeling okay, other than the... honesty thing?
Maybe you should sit back and try to breathe for a bit? Are you feeling okay, other than the... honesty thing?
no im anxious and i want to lock my 'gear in a closet but hey that won't actually help anything because what if someone needs to contact me and what if my family needs me or someone else needs something i have to be available
sorry
sorry
please dont
ask me what you can do for me
please
i hate
that i typed that i should just go
ask me what you can do for me
please
i hate
that i typed that i should just go
No I'm sorry
i just wanted to warn you and its going sideways like literally everything else
ill go
im sorry
i just wanted to warn you and its going sideways like literally everything else
ill go
im sorry
I should go
but its not your fault
it's
it's never been your fault
but its not your fault
it's
it's never been your fault
[...Of course Zuke couldn't expect that this would go as he would love to. It wasn't his call to make. The very idea of rejection did hurt but he had to be the mature and calm one in this situation.
It was fine, he was equipped for this. Zuke was the chillest guy who understood that relationships of all kinds mattered. His most important being as platonic as ever.]
Of course I do. I like you guys. I love being back here with you all.
It was fine, he was equipped for this. Zuke was the chillest guy who understood that relationships of all kinds mattered. His most important being as platonic as ever.]
Of course I do. I like you guys. I love being back here with you all.
It's never been your fault either
Or that is
It's not your fault either, and... whatever you're thinking of having "never" been my fault, it hasn't been yours, either. If that made any sense.
Basically, you aren't and haven't done anything wrong.
[Seeing as how he low-key expects Shiro to always be worrying about that, at this point.]
Or that is
It's not your fault either, and... whatever you're thinking of having "never" been my fault, it hasn't been yours, either. If that made any sense.
Basically, you aren't and haven't done anything wrong.
[Seeing as how he low-key expects Shiro to always be worrying about that, at this point.]
the auction comes to mind
[So, yes, yes he has done something wrong.]
I
i should hang up
but that's not
that's not your fault
[So, yes, yes he has done something wrong.]
I
i should hang up
but that's not
that's not your fault
Okay, I will grant that mistakes were made there - but the core of it was not your fault, and you were willing to listen to other people's viewpoints on it! I can't hold that against you, and you shouldn't hold it against *yourself*.
[Wow. That might have been the most structured statement he's managed for this whole conversation. Tracks, honestly, that that's where he'd manage it.]
Okay. If you're sure.
[Wow. That might have been the most structured statement he's managed for this whole conversation. Tracks, honestly, that that's where he'd manage it.]
Okay. If you're sure.
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