[ It's a little like Rua used to get, in all honesty — hyper-focused on something new and cool and completely useless in any other regard until the novelty wore off. At least, she thinks so; it's not easy to figure out for sure on four words alone, but Khaji wouldn't bother feigning politeness to spare her feelings.
Jaime, on the other hand, seems determined to refuse her mercy to spare her the embarrassment of gratitude. Ugh. The curtness is way easier to respond to; even if it's nice, he doesn't have to say it. ]
Well, you're welcome, I suppose. It just seemed cruel not to do anything, when he went to the effort to tell me.
[ Well, that's only partially true. He gave his own age in exact detail; calculating out when the anniversary would fall was on her — but with the amount of effort it took, it might as well have been an alert he added to her calendar remotely. Besides that... she'd deprived him the chance to give her his name on his own terms. Maybe this could help make up the difference. ]
Did you manage to get anything before you were trapped in game hell?
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Date: 2018-12-13 10:58 pm (UTC)[ It's a little like Rua used to get, in all honesty — hyper-focused on something new and cool and completely useless in any other regard until the novelty wore off. At least, she thinks so; it's not easy to figure out for sure on four words alone, but Khaji wouldn't bother feigning politeness to spare her feelings.
Jaime, on the other hand, seems determined to refuse her mercy to spare her the embarrassment of gratitude. Ugh. The curtness is way easier to respond to; even if it's nice, he doesn't have to say it. ]
Well, you're welcome, I suppose. It just seemed cruel not to do anything, when he went to the effort to tell me.
[ Well, that's only partially true. He gave his own age in exact detail; calculating out when the anniversary would fall was on her — but with the amount of effort it took, it might as well have been an alert he added to her calendar remotely. Besides that... she'd deprived him the chance to give her his name on his own terms. Maybe this could help make up the difference. ]
Did you manage to get anything before you were trapped in game hell?