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[deadelfwalking]

 

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"Leave a message, if you must."

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[text]

[legal_eagle]

I was a dick to you. Sorry.

[deadelfwalking]

what

[legal_eagle]

Do you not know the word "dick"

[deadelfwalking]

i know it from my tgime gmong these hum a n poplutions but that doenst explain you , ,

-> voice

[legal_eagle]

[squint

She switches to voice.]

Okay, let's...talk. Anyway. It isn't just referring to a penis. It also refers to a type of behavior. Which I exhibited.

[deadelfwalking]

[he is just absolute shit at texting, so he's glad of the switch.]

Why are you apologizing now.

[legal_eagle]

[Dryly:]

Christmas miracle?

[deadelfwalking]

No.

[legal_eagle]

I was a dick. I'm sorry for it. There something important about the timing?

[deadelfwalking]

Not the timing. The motivation.

[legal_eagle]

Self-reflection and realization of my assholery? I stand by my sentiments, but my conduct was wrong.

[deadelfwalking]

[how should he take this? he's not sure. his head is pounding, and he's staring at the now mostly-finished walls of his newly built cabin. prior to that moment, he'd been sanding the floors, a little too obsessively.]

... Fine.

[legal_eagle]

Okay. Cool. Talk to you later.

[deadelfwalking]

'Cool'? No.

[legal_eagle]

It wasn't intended as a pun, if that's what you're objecting to.

[deadelfwalking]

I was not.

[legal_eagle]

Okay, then what were you saying "no" to?

[deadelfwalking]

I don't know why you've spoken to me now. I know neither your true intent nor your motivation. But your words were too fiery and spoken with too much conviction for me to accept this as sincere. You are not someone who speaks without deliberation. You meant what you said. And how you said it.

[legal_eagle]

One for three. I meant what I said, but I was out of line in how aggressively I went after you.

[The rustle of a shrug.]

And I speak without deliberation all the time. Though I'm flattered that you actually think of me as calculating.

[deadelfwalking]

It is clear to me that you do specific things with the intent of specific outcomes. Perhaps that is calculation. In any case, it's what I've observed.

[legal_eagle]

Aw, stop, you talking about me's gonna give me a big head. So you think, what, I'm talking to you with ulterior motives?

[deadelfwalking]

I think that you are hoping for a specific outcome. I cannot say what.

[legal_eagle]

You can't say what because there isn't one. I mean, think logically about what even could come from me apologizing. There's not much.

[deadelfwalking]

You are correct. Nothing will come of it. It has no meaning, and no substance. You are apologizing over semantics. Not viewpoint.

[legal_eagle]

I'm apologizing because I was rude and mistreated you. Take it or leave it. I don't much care either way.