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[manipulative]

Or this is the one that doesn't follow pre-established rules.

Stefan hated me for a century and a half and had made several plans to kill me. Look at us now. He's obsessed with me.

[ if anyone knows about pre-established rules, it's katherine pierce. sometimes she's still surprised that stefan loves her. ]

[rocinantes]

does he know he's obsessed with you?

[manipulative]

Obviously.

You're not distracting me by offering to speak about me, Burton.

[rocinantes]

i wasn't trying to distract you
that was a question i was curious about

[manipulative]

He does know that he's obsessed with me. You're welcome to ask him, although he'd most likely deny the word 'obsessed'.

[ stefan is like... everything not fun in a very hot package. ]

[rocinantes]

what word would he use?

[manipulative]

Think of the most romantic, schmoopy word imaginable. He'd say something like "In love with".

[ boring. ]

[rocinantes]

i thought people liked that romantic stuff.

[manipulative]

Some people do.

[ katherine is one of those people. ]

Are you looking to say something romantic?

[rocinantes]

no.

i think she'd think i was bodysnatched.

[manipulative]

[ she does laugh at that. ]

Then what do you want to say to her?

[rocinantes]

i talk to her like a normal person.

[manipulative]

Nice evasion. That doesn't answer my question.

[rocinantes]

yes it does.

[manipulative]

I asked you what you wanted to say to her, not how you wished to speak to her.

I'm not going to judge you if that's what you're worried.

[rocinantes]

i'm not worried
i just don't know what to say.

[manipulative]

Do you know what you want to say?

[rocinantes]

nope.

[manipulative]

[ she's going to have to drag this out of him, isn't she? ]

All right.

You like her as a friend.

Do you want to kiss her again?

[rocinantes]

it might be okay.

[manipulative]

Remember you came to me asking for advice, Burton. Being cagey's not going to get you anywhere.

[rocinantes]

i'm not being cagey. the first person i liked here left, second person, same thing.

you got lucky, your person is still here.

[manipulative]

[ katherine knows she's very, very lucky in that regard. ]

So, you don't want to do anything with this one because you're afraid that she's going to leave, too?

[rocinantes]

seems safer to me.

[manipulative]

And dull.

If I stuck with choosing the safe option, I'd have spent the last five hundred years alone.