PRIMROSE

[aubins]

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[femmefinale]

Observe and see, I suppose.

[ So, the usual for anyone with patience. ]

[aubins]

... Here's hoping we have the time and the chance, here.

[ ... doom and gloom, but not wrong. ]

[femmefinale]

Hoping for time, yes... though we may have to make the chance ourselves.

[ Somehow.

Guess what Yuri, she can twirl you too. ]

[aubins]

[ well.

he's twirled. they're literally 1cm apart in height so i hate how easy that probably was for her. ]

[ he laughs! ]

Very smooth.

[femmefinale]

About as smooth as you. I'm rather hurt that you didn't tell me you could dance, Yuri.

[ You and your 1 cm taller self. ]

[aubins]

Battle's not so different to a dance, when you strip it down to the basics.

[ ... he snorts though. ] I got "persuaded" to do a dancing competition by my teacher a few years back. Turns out I wasn't bad at it.

[femmefinale]

... I see. I think I'll have to ask for a proper performance one of these days.

[ Show her what you've got, hot stuff. ]

[aubins]

I don't think it'll be anything as professional as you, Prim.

[ he can see how easily she's moving. ]

[femmefinale]

I've danced for years.

[ So. ]

But that doesn't mean I can't enjoy another's performance. Or do you think me so arrogant I'd sneer at something different from my own?

[aubins]

Maybe I'm just shy, Prim?

[ sad face :c ]

[femmefinale]

Don't speak falsehoods so sweetly.

[ Uh-huh. ]

[aubins]

[ boo. ]

Call me up about it sometime. Maybe you can teach me something new?

[femmefinale]

Oh, I'm certain I could teach you a thing or two, if you were willing to learn.

[ Please stop making everything sound so suggestive. ]

[aubins]

[ i think this is just how they chat now. ]

I'm always willing to learn something new.

[femmefinale]

[ Sounds like casual banter to me. ]

Then we can certainly revisit this.

... Have your thoughts settled a bit?

[aubins]

[ the most fun kinds of banter! ]

... As much as I think they're going to, Prim. Thanks.

[femmefinale]

[ To that, she smiles and releases him, sweeping into a curtsy. ]

It was my pleasure, Yuri.

[ It's about the best she can do right now, she's sadly aware. ]

[aubins]

And what about you? We've been been literally dancing around my issues, but do you feel any better?

[ as. y'know. better as they can feel all things considered. ]

[femmefinale]

I do, yes. A little less frustrated, at least. Though I'm sure that will persist for a bit.

[ And can you blame her ]

[aubins]

Frustrated.... that's a good way of putting it. But still, glad I could help lower it a little.

[ small victories in strange times. ]

[femmefinale]

I'm... [ she pauses, her gaze growing a little dark, slightly distant. ]

... Still a little unaccustomed to talking about my thoughts. But you did help... so you have my gratitude.

[aubins]

...

[ mm, well. that's not exactly a feeling he doesn't understand. ]

Don't worry, I'm not going to ask for anything deep or dark. [ mostly because... well. he wouldn't want to give out anything himself. ]

[femmefinale]

I would not tell it to those who asked, regardless.

[ Her choice whether to talk about it, after all, but she does nod in acknowledgment. ]

[aubins]

Now that's something I can understand.

[ still, the reassurance is there. why pry when you too have things you don't talk about? it's all relevant. ]