text to ivan

[forwardmomentum]

Ivan. Have you seen this?

[ look, ivan, miles is doing his job. why don't you do yours? ]

Comments

[whatdidisay]

I've never understood why anyone actually thinks you'd look different when you're angry. That would be less terrifying.

[lets_see_what_happens]

And yet, you can always identify when it's happening, despite my carefully cultivated lack of direct indicators. I don't think anybody's better at it besides Aunt Cordelia.

[whatdidisay]

( oh gregor you always know what to say )

I think this is the first time in my life someone's implied that I'm better than both Miles and Uncle Aral at something.

[lets_see_what_happens]

That, and not commanding every iota of attention in every room you step into. Miles does it on purpose, but I don't think Aral knows how to turn it off. It's a useful skill.

[whatdidisay]

Half the time I don't think he knows he's doing it, either.

[lets_see_what_happens]

Oh, he's aware. It's just been his default state of existence for forty years. Old habits, I suppose.

[whatdidisay]

It's hard to imagine him being anything but.