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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.

Comments

[explosivecombat]

Have you discussed it with anyone else?

[doitrockapella]

What a terribly odd question. Why do you ask?

[explosivecombat]

It's come up among a few of my coworkers.

Several of us remember the same events; it's not sitting well with me.

[doitrockapella]

Because it's calling into question whether or not it was all a dream?

[explosivecombat]

Yes, exactly.

[doitrockapella]

...I remember things I couldn't possibly have dreamed on my own.

Take that how you will.

[explosivecombat]

[...]

Are we going to discuss it, or is it something that never happened, as far as we're concerned?

[doitrockapella]

Are we talking about the circles on your hands, or something different?

[explosivecombat]

Answer for both.

[doitrockapella]

Oh, I have no doubt we'll discuss them in the usual way — dancing around the subjects, answering questions with questions, and probably learning something about each other in the process.

Unless you've got something you'd rather be doing.

[explosivecombat]

Let's say I have plenty of time right now.

[doitrockapella]

It'd be a shame to pretend it never happened, anyway. Watching you at your best isn't something I'd want to forget.

[explosivecombat]

It's been quite some time since I've seen battle properly; it was exactly as I remembered it being.

[doitrockapella]

Do you remember talking to me?

[explosivecombat]

Yes, I do.

I also remember how that particular conversation ended.

[doitrockapella]

I hope you're not expecting an apology for my graceful and timely exit.

[explosivecombat]

I'll settle for an explanation of what happened immediately before said exit.

[doitrockapella]

You can't possibly think I'd make it that easy on you.

[explosivecombat]

I would actually prefer it if you humored me on this.

[doitrockapella]

You said something I wanted to hear.

And then I decided to see what it felt like, to stop overthinking for a change and just do something because I felt like it.

[explosivecombat]

Consider it appreciated, then - both the gesture and the explanation.

[doitrockapella]

"Appreciated"?

[explosivecombat]

Is there a reason it shouldn't have been?

[doitrockapella]

You make it sound like I was doing you a favor.

[explosivecombat]

Well, I wouldn't describe it quite like that - but then, I'm not exactly going to argue with being kissed by a beautiful woman and have her cite the reason as "because I felt like it."