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[congeals]

Hey, this is Bobby. Leave a message, and I'll call you back. Thanks.

[ beep! ]

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[congeals]

[ He stands up. ]

Calm down. I'm not asking you to choose.

But if this really is a deal breaker for both of you, you're gonna have to accept it.

[ex_outofcontrol435]

[And Pyro stands up to him, with that same posture he always uses to make up for his lack of height.]

No.

[This is it. He's not letting someone walk away on him. It's the closest he'll probably get to an admission that she actually matters.]

[congealed]

[ He's surprised by that response but maintains his stern expression. ]

What's your plan? Somehow make her change her mind?

[ex_outofcontrol435]

If I had a plan, I wouldn't be here. I'd be doing it.

[His mocking sneer is as weak as his earlier smirk.]

I don't fucking know, dude. I have no idea.

[congeals]

[ He sighs again. God, why can't he just have a normal day for once?

He gestures to the couch with a glance. ]

Sit down.

[ex_outofcontrol435]

[He stares Bobby down for a long time, but eventually takes the offer, slumping down into the couch with a scowl.]

[congeals]

[ After a moment, he joins John, sitting on the other end of the couch. There's a pause, before: ]

What about Oswin? [ Honestly, he's still upset with both of them for what happened earlier, but this conversation's too important to dwell on that now. ]

[ex_outofcontrol435]

Why d'you think I said I'm not choosing? Oswin's still - [Fuck. There's no way to talk around this.] - she still means a lot to me. But Euri gets so much that Oswin has to work to understand. We have the same damage.

[congeals]

[ Yeah, but Euri will only push you further into that hatred you feel, he thinks. For the moment, he stays quiet to give John time to further express his emotions. ]

[ex_outofcontrol435]

Oswin's human. [He finally says it, and that's all he says for now. Let Bobby react how he will.]