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[explosivecombat]

[TEXT; LOCKED TO doitrockapella]

The offer for conversation is always open, should you desire to take me up on it; I can't guarantee that I'll respond immediately, nor will it necessarily be the response you want, but I'll always respond in some way.

In the name of enlightened discourse.

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handwritten;

[doitrockapella]

[A note, upon a torn corner of paper, left carefully beneath an unattended hat/Gear/personal item.]

Если в один прекрасный день я оставил тебя, что бы вы мне сказать?

text, some time later.

[explosivecombat]

Насколько точны ваши слова? Вы уезжаете, или вы оставив меня?

[doitrockapella]

How much of a difference does it make?

I'll tell you the answer if you indulge my curiosity first.

[explosivecombat]

I don't think I need to tell you that one is decidedly more pointed than the other.

[doitrockapella]

I included the "you" to clarify that I didn't mean leaving this place entirely.

[explosivecombat]

I suspect I wouldn't be able to say anything to you anyway, if that were the case.

Is this question becoming relevant to our situation, then?

[doitrockapella]

I said things to you after you left, previously.

And if I had plans to leave, we'd be having this conversation after I was already gone.

[explosivecombat]

In which case, the next time I spoke to you would be regarding Tuesday's episode of Vermilion Shore.

I understand that your leaving is an inevitability, not a possibility; whenever it comes, it does. I'm not going to take it personally.

[doitrockapella]

Is that your answer to my question?

[explosivecombat]

I'd ask where you were going.

[doitrockapella]

I wouldn't tell you.

[explosivecombat]

I wouldn't expect you to.

[doitrockapella]

And yet you'd ask.

[explosivecombat]

Because if you gave me a guess or an attempt at a concrete answer, I'd know you weren't going anywhere.

Otherwise, God's in His heaven.

[doitrockapella]

All's right with the world.

Answer me another question? Besides that one.

[explosivecombat]

Of course; go on.

[doitrockapella]

If I did leave...permanently.

How long would you miss me?

[explosivecombat]

I don't know if I would miss you, simply because I don't tend to actively miss anyone. My close relationships all come with an understanding that they'll end one day.

But I wouldn't forget you at any point, and I've no doubt that your absence would leave an impact on my actions in some way for quite some time.

[doitrockapella]

I know I sound overly sentimental, but there really is a point to this. You're helping me...work through something.

You didn't answer my initial question the way I wanted you to, but it's an answer I like nonetheless.

[explosivecombat]

Well, now I just have to ask.

How would you have wanted me to answer it?

[doitrockapella]

"I'll see you when you get back."

[explosivecombat]

You know I'm not the sort to wait for anyone.

And besides, I imagined that much was a given, in some way.

[doitrockapella]

It's different to hear it. Some things...need to be said, even if everyone knows them. Some things are nice to hear.

And I know you are the sort to say things, on occasion, because you know I want to hear them.

[explosivecombat]

They'll say we're in love, you know.

[doitrockapella]

Case in point.