[Certainly for the evening. Thoughts of him had crept back once she'd settled down to go to sleep, but that was an inevitability, and no distraction in the world would have stopped that.]
Truth be told, I don't quite understand why he does the things he does. Which, don't misunderstand me, doesn't mean I don't enjoy them. But you're right: it is a romantic gesture. And yet . . . that's not what we are.
Nonsense. I have standards, Ardyn. If you're going to choose a partner for me, you're going to have to be far pickier. No students, no one younger than me, and a preference for women, I tend to get on better with them as a rule.
I see. In that case, you'll have to give me more time to be more thorough.
[Look they're joking and all, but-- Ardyn will actually take this task up on her behalf. He often follows through with a joke even when it's unexpected.]
You have right up until I find someone on my own. I wish you the best of luck, Ardyn, but remember I'm terribly picky. And really not all that desperate to be in someone's bed.
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[Certainly for the evening. Thoughts of him had crept back once she'd settled down to go to sleep, but that was an inevitability, and no distraction in the world would have stopped that.]
Truth be told, I don't quite understand why he does the things he does. Which, don't misunderstand me, doesn't mean I don't enjoy them. But you're right: it is a romantic gesture. And yet . . . that's not what we are.
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[He's curious, and not necessarily in a teasing way this time.]
Or have you delegated him into the category of... well. "Just friends"?
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[She shrugs.]
Not that way. And again: while I am fond of him, the drinking is a bit much.
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[But it's less of a defense of drinking, instead meaning to be a throwaway comment.]
Though drinking is a rather dangerous one to have.
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[A beat, and she offers him a slight smile, more teasing than anything.]
You're so eager to see me fall in love with someone. Fawkes or Tony . . . is there a third candidate I ought to know about?
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Hand me a list of all those affected by Retrospec, I'll close my eyes, and point at a name randomly. Would that suffice?
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[Look they're joking and all, but-- Ardyn will actually take this task up on her behalf. He often follows through with a joke even when it's unexpected.]
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