( purely scientific curiosity and not mockery, of course. )
Rubbing against something you want isn't exclusive to felines. ( why is she like this? humor is more practical than screaming into a pillow. ) But fair enough.
I'm trying to figure out which of the four people I know and can relatively stand ( *not care about ) I should be worried about. I'm glad you're okay, other than some cosmetic changes.
[ learning that he's categorized as "can relatively stand" almost makes him a bit proud. with her, that feels like it might be a hard club to get into it. ]
[ reality altering isn't really the kind of thing that's in his experience, so that's a big thought to process. ]
yeah but for that they could just send their swamp zombie army back out
besides i think they mostly want us to have sex not kill us
[ blunt, but — never mind the aforementioned swamp zombies. but even the robots were trying to fight those off. somehow, he's not even sure them showing up was on purpose. ]
Relax. I didn't think you meant the robots were rooting for the two of us to get naked together.
( william isn't here to tell her to be a person and not a gremlin, so no, she doesn't let it go like she should. secondhand embarrassment, what's that? )
[ because, duh, of course. who would even be thinking that's even a slight possibility anyway? he sure isn't. ]
i think it was right before you showed up these water zombies came out of the beach along with a giant tentacle monster thing couldn't even kill them with regular bullets but they just headed to the hospital and knocked it down that's why it's been in repair lately
( can he tell she's picking on him? it's a pattern. )
Did they hurt anyone? ( what do they have against hospitals? ) Sea monsters that we can't injure or slow down are the nightmare fuel I've been waiting for. Thanks for that.
[ shoot, he was supposed to be trying to make her less paranoid, wasn't he? he does a great job at this. ]
well they're gone now a bunch of their treasure had shown up on the beach and i think they just got mad or something when people tried to take it that's what i heard
people turned out fine though i tripped and twisted my ankle
[ which ... he realizes retroactively sounds pretty pathetic. ]
they knocked me down cause they were really strong
I'd be pissed if a bunch of freeloaders robbed me.
( would she knock a building down in retribution? maybe. don't knock it until you try it. )
You got off lucky with a twisted ankle. It sounds like they could have turned you into roadkill. ( you know.... if they did, in fact, push him down. hmmmmm!!! ) Thank god they missed the face.
Have people really said that to you? To your face?
( he needs better friends, regardless of her dry humor and the fact that her flirting is mostly harmless. she’s a kid with a magnifying glass is all, seeing what happens. )
[ sometimes it's hard whether or not to classify murphy as a "friend" considering their very complicated history, but they've traveled so long, on and off, it's hard not to these days.
( being nasty to someone that doesn't deserve it isn't difficult to master, but that's not who she is now. on a good day. she's lacking the good days here. )
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