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[batricide]

will make pretty later

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[fledges]

do i have to change my name to knightwing?

[ha ha get it]

[batricide]

Ha ha, very funny.

[fledges]

you love it
okay, how about this
if you show me a design, i'll try it out. deal?

[batricide]

Deal.

[fledges]

at least that's one problem solved
how's everything else going? any updates on your family?

[batricide]

We're circling around each other.
It won't be long before we talk.

[fledges]

what are you waiting for, exactly? what's going to make you feel comfortable enough?

[batricide]

I don't know.

[fledges]

isn't this more miserable? all this waiting and preparing?

[batricide]

Not really.
This is how we operate.

[fledges]

so you're not nervous? this is just
normal?

[batricide]

I'm a little apprehensive given that my father and Tim are here.
But this is normal.

[fledges]

why tim? he seems sweet

[batricide]

He's always been my father's most loyal bootlicker.
We're not close.

[fledges]

oh

["Bootlicker" seems pretty harsh. Ouch.]

i can be there when you talk to them. would that help?

[batricide]

They might perceive it as a threat.

[fledges]

i've already introduced myself to tim
we danced and everything
i don't think he'll see me as a threat

[batricide]

They might think I sent you to spy for me.

[fledges]

i'd make a terrible spy, with all that worthless information i pried out of them
i warned jason i knew versions of him in another world
i didn't mention you, though

[batricide]

I know this sounds crazy.
But you've met enough of my family by now to know what we're like.

[fledges]

i know
it isn't that i don't believe you, i promise. it all just seems so much more stressful than it needs to be.

[batricide]

I wish it could be any other way. Unfortunately, any exposure to my family guarantees an ulcer.

[fledges]

unfortunately. good thing you're worth it, huh?

[batricide]

That's extremely high praise.

[fledges]

you know, i might take it back if we don't go on a date soon.