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[manipulative]

@KATHERINE

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[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.

[rocinantes]

nothing wrong with being alone.

[manipulative]

If you truly thought that, you wouldn't have texted me in the first place.

[rocinantes]

i could have just been wanting to say hello

[manipulative]

Hello. There you go.

[rocinantes]

you're the worst.

[manipulative]

You're a horrible conversationalist.

Stop being so goddamn afraid, Amos. Not everyone has the luxury of a prolonged lifespan like me and Stefan. Stop being a chicken and take another risk.
Or don't. It's your very short life.

[rocinantes]

you suck at advice.

[manipulative]

The advice sucks because you suck at answering questions.

[rocinantes]

well you knew that.

[manipulative]

Do you want to remain lonely forever? Yes or no.

[rocinantes]

no.

of course not.

[manipulative]

Do you like this poor soul you've latched onto?

[ the "yes or no" is a given here. ]