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[camouflage]

Let's talk hypotheticals.

You're crossing a suspension bridge. You have to reach the other side at any cost. The bridge is wide enough only for one person to pass at a time.

A man approaches from the other side with a gun. How do you cross?

Comments

[camouflage]

Nope. You're just the first person I've seen so ready to forgive if someone grovels in front you.

[it's kind of a hilarious concept]

If we're ever in this situation, you're gonna have to make me do something else. I'm old, my knees are too stiff for groveling.

[have some levity with this metaphorical mess]

[liberaltus]

What can I say, I'm easy...with some things at least. The friendship wouldn't be quite the same after that, admittedly, but holding onto a grudge can be stressful. I try to avoid that when I can.

[except for when it comes to his father]

I have a poultice for that, and pillows, soft pillows. I'm sure we can ease the suffering of your stiff knees in order to make it work. Of course you'd have to attempt to kill me first, but why would you want to kill someone so charming and handsome?

[Dorian is good with levity]

[camouflage]

Good to know. Someone people just don't know how to move on. Healthier to just let some things go.

[like a man shooting out your eye or your partner getting into the proverbial bed of your enemy]

Maybe you're too charming and I can't let you live.

[is he being flirty??? serious??? just A Dad with a Bad Sense of Humor????? who knew]

[liberaltus]

Some things just don't have that sort of value, so why waste the energy on it? And the things that do have value should be treated as such. Spending so much time hurting someone you love over a grudge has no meaning.

[because you shouldn't want to hurt the one you love, right papa Pavus?]

That just makes you sound like a jealous lover I would have to put in line. Not that I could blame you -- all of this? It's difficult to share.

[if you weren't flirting before, you are now. there's no getting around it.]