IC Contact - Snowblind

[phaseshifter]

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[devoutish]

Mm.

If I know you and I know Rhys, you're likely blaming yourself for this far more than he is.

[phaseshifter]

Alfie. Are you fussing?

[ She's trying very hard to sound flippant and teasing. All the better for just. Not addressing that point. Rhys should blame her and probably does and EVERYTHING IS AWFUL ]

[devoutish]

You need it, don't you.

[phaseshifter]

[ o-oh ]

Not as much as Rhys does! I'm not the one who got hurt, geez.

[ See how she sidesteps these questions? Skillz. ]

[devoutish]

No, you need it more than he does, because you're much better at pretending that things are all right when they absolutely are not.

[phaseshifter]

I have higher standards for what constitutes "not all right," which helps a lot with that.

[ Why is she arguing. This is stupid. Childish, even. Ughhhhh. ]

I mean - thank you.

[devoutish]

Your standards are a bit too high, eh?

[phaseshifter]

Iunno, it has its advantages! Every time things get bad I can remind myself that at least I'm out of the bunker.

[ joKES, ]

[devoutish]

Yeah, you are. But you can't ignore the problems that you've still got.

[phaseshifter]

I don't ignore them, exactly! That'd show an alarming lack of foresight on my part. Geez.

[devoutish]

Mm. Well-- I am gonna fuss a bit regardless.

[phaseshifter]

I'll allow it, but only because we're friends. You should feel very privileged.

[devoutish]

Privileged and honored, yeah.

[phaseshifter]

Oh, stop that.

[ She's not sure if he's teasing back, but she's touched anyway. And a wee bit sniffly. ]

I'm sorry, by the way. For not getting in touch. Before.

[devoutish]

Before when?

[phaseshifter]

Just before. In general. It's been a while, right? I should probably have reached out at some point, is all.

[devoutish]

Some mornings, I'll wake up and realize I've gone a full week without talking to anybody but Royce.

[So it's on him as much as her, really.]

[phaseshifter]

Well, I - that says a lot for his company, at least. And your friendship!

[ Finding the good in it? Angel? GASP ]

But I'm also taking it as my cue to harass you more often. Rhys, too. We'll be a really irritating tag team.

[devoutish]

[it's true Royce is amazing]

My point is that I haven't called either, have I.

[phaseshifter]

So we both suck. Shame on us, right?

[devoutish]

I was going for neither of us do, here.

[phaseshifter]

Then I guess we can go with that. If you insist.