PC: CALEB

[headmt]

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[headmt]

[Oh good!]

Glad I look so flattering in hindsight.

[He's unwinding a bit from the tight ball of anxiety he was earlier, just relaxing his legs out. Still staying against Caleb's shoulder though.]

[katzepaw]

[Leaning back against him. It’s okay.]

I think we agreed that you are more of an effortless dick. Not as intentional about it, much more likable.

. . . It’s strange. From time to time he would say things that were so similar to you. I think we thought for a while maybe we could talk to him, but. . . no.

[headmt]

[He'd been joking about it a moment ago, but he doesn't care for this thing where apparently he and this ... thing are similar in any way. Even though he can see that himself. It makes him a big disgusted. Nauseated.]

Uninvited guest. It's my fucking house.

[katzepaw]

Ja. That’s how we feel about it, too.

[Putting aside that his contempt for Molly is one of the ways he’s similar to Molly.]

So don’t. . . give this asshole the satisfaction of saying you shouldn’t be here anymore. We prefer you, and we can always evict him.

[headmt]

I prefer me too.

[Local tiefling exploring new and fascinating ways of practicing self-loathing, self-loathing experts astounded. He's quiet for a second at that, before he just ... nods.]

... I'm not sorry about dying. I-- If it helped Beauregard and you and Nott get the hell out of there, then I'm alright with it. But I'm not going to sit here and say I didn't want more time.

[katzepaw]

You did. You’ve helped us in a lot of ways.

[He says that softly, thoughts unavoidably going to that twitch in Lucien, the hesitation to hurt them. But he tries to shut down that train of thought so he doesn’t accidentally start to share.]

A little more time sounds good.

[headmt]

[That sounds good to him too.]

... Never thought of my life as complicated before. When the fuck did everything get so complicated?

[katzepaw]

You didn’t?

[You woke up in a grave with amnesia, sir. Your circus had a fiend in it and broke out in zombie attacks.]

[headmt]

[The grave and amnesia part is pretty simple actually? Sometimes you just wake up in a grave! Takes about two seconds to explain.]

No! Exciting and interesting, I suppose, but not complicated. Until you lot showed up. Then it got very complicated very quickly.

[katzepaw]

You cannot blame us for this one.

[headmt]

[He actually laughs at that.]

No, no, you're right. I think you're free and clear on this particular bit of fuckery.

[katzepaw]

[He sighs.]

So many good memories from the past year I could have given you. Instead, nothing but ugliness.