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[ they definitely don't, because axel's mortified enough for the rest of his fucking life and shoving a spoonful of ice cream into his own mouth, speaking around it like the pig she just said he wasn't :/ ]
I told you, I never-- that stuff wasn't for me.
I told you, I never-- that stuff wasn't for me.
[ he's going to melt faster than his ice cream at this rate ]
You say that, but-- in this place?
You say that, but-- in this place?
[ ... he's quiet at that. ]
... Yeah, I guess that's true.
[ he's thinking of it in a much less romantic way, but. ]
... Yeah, I guess that's true.
[ he's thinking of it in a much less romantic way, but. ]
Well, yeah. We're...
[ he waves a hand around vaguely to say they are friends who smooched which is somehow its own category now and he hates it, except he doesn't want to say that much, so he concludes with: ]
Close, I think.
[ he waves a hand around vaguely to say they are friends who smooched which is somehow its own category now and he hates it, except he doesn't want to say that much, so he concludes with: ]
Close, I think.
Yeah, I know.
[ from his tone, therein seems to be the problem, though he doesn't say as much. instead he shovels more ice cream in his mouth and pretends he is just Offended still ]
I know how they work, that's not the issue.
[ from his tone, therein seems to be the problem, though he doesn't say as much. instead he shovels more ice cream in his mouth and pretends he is just Offended still ]
I know how they work, that's not the issue.
[ mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm he doesn't wanna say ]
... [ he doesn't???? wanna????? say?????? he's literally chewing on his spoon with a frown on his face for so long, lili will probably think he doesn't want to answer. which he doesn't. but he does eventually admit: ] Me, I guess.
... [ he doesn't???? wanna????? say?????? he's literally chewing on his spoon with a frown on his face for so long, lili will probably think he doesn't want to answer. which he doesn't. but he does eventually admit: ] Me, I guess.
[he clearly doesn't but also lili doesn't really care because she's spilled all her tea!!
or rather, she's just stubborn and curious
though his answer gets her to blink in confusion a few times]
... You? How? You're fine.
[LIKE HE, AS A PERSON, ISN'T A GIANT DISGRACE TO THE EARTH SO?]
or rather, she's just stubborn and curious
though his answer gets her to blink in confusion a few times]
... You? How? You're fine.
[LIKE HE, AS A PERSON, ISN'T A GIANT DISGRACE TO THE EARTH SO?]
[ alright that just. she's so blunt about it he just starts to laugh ]
That's-- Wow, that's nearing a real compliment, comin' from you.
[ he does not explain himself yet because mmmmmmmmm doesn't wanna ]
That's-- Wow, that's nearing a real compliment, comin' from you.
[ he does not explain himself yet because mmmmmmmmm doesn't wanna ]
... you're getting ahead of yourself again...
[no, she really does think that axel is a pretty decent person. for all that he aggravates her, she doesn't dislike him either?
pouting.]
I don't see what the problem is, but I also don't know you that well.
[which she'll also be direct about]
[no, she really does think that axel is a pretty decent person. for all that he aggravates her, she doesn't dislike him either?
pouting.]
I don't see what the problem is, but I also don't know you that well.
[which she'll also be direct about]
Yeah, I know.
[ to both of those statements, though the first is obviously just lili being tsun. ]
That's prolly why it's not as bad to say it to you.
[ also because he is for some reason weak to being open to teenage girls ]
[ to both of those statements, though the first is obviously just lili being tsun. ]
That's prolly why it's not as bad to say it to you.
[ also because he is for some reason weak to being open to teenage girls ]
I think popular opinion would be that I'm always bein' stupid.
[ it's a joke to stall on having to give her a real answer, wow, ]
[ it's a joke to stall on having to give her a real answer, wow, ]
[ cackles ]
Nah, you're pretty opinionated all by yourself.
Nah, you're pretty opinionated all by yourself.
[for some reason that trial managed to make lili feel oddly nostalgic
and perhaps that's what guides her feet over to the garden rather than the armory today, and she pauses when she sees axel]
... do you want to talk about what happened, or would you prefer that I start with a mindless question instead?
and perhaps that's what guides her feet over to the garden rather than the armory today, and she pauses when she sees axel]
... do you want to talk about what happened, or would you prefer that I start with a mindless question instead?
[ hm ]
Depends. Can I hear what the actual subject is before I ask to be eased into it?
Depends. Can I hear what the actual subject is before I ask to be eased into it?
[ hmm. alright. ]
... I don't think I was wrong with Shirasu. [ he frowns ] If the apple part was a hint, that means the rest of it was a hint, too.
... I don't think I was wrong with Shirasu. [ he frowns ] If the apple part was a hint, that means the rest of it was a hint, too.
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