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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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[doitrockapella]

It was rhetorical.

There are certain things I try to focus on in particular. You're fond of me; you find aspects of me admirable. You like me enough to want to see me unharmed, and make attempts at making me feel better when you've picked up on the fact that I'm upset — even when you might not understand why, and often when you must find it almost unbearably awkward to try to arrive at a course of action that will work.

Somewhere in the penumbra of the sum of those things...it could follow that my feelings might affect you. Not because I used them against you, but because it was a decision you made on your own.

You don't act toward me like the others did. That has something to do with it, too. It's not just that you're charming, it's that you're...different.

[explosivecombat]

...Locke, why are you doing this in the first place?

I'm honestly curious.