rupert

[outsidebones]

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[agleam]

...I'm not angry at you. And I care about you, you know. Like I said, I understand why you did it. It's just, I don't know if I can trust you, and that's hard.

[...]

But I'm glad you were safe.

[outsidebones]

[it's a little painful to hear, but not unexpected. she nods.]

I know. I don't expect you to trust me. [...] When we spoke, after he died, when I talked to you about it...at that time, I didn't remember what I'd done. If I had remembered, I would hardly have come clean, but I would have found a reason not to have that conversation with you. I suppose that means very little, but to me, I - would find it hard to accept someone comforting me knowing they were the source of my distress. And it troubled me after, when I realized it.

It might not be bad to be angry, Rupert. I don't ask you not to be.

[agleam]

...It does help, a little. I mean - it still hurts that you didn't tell me afterwards, but it would've been worse if you remembered and you made a choice to say all that anyways.

[he shakes his head.]

I don't really want to waste tonight being mad at you.

[outsidebones]

I've learned a lesson about arguing with people that they ought to be mad at me.

[it didn't go so well when it was shinobu.]

So, I won't.

[but she doesn't think rupert really wants to let this go, so she will do the polite thing and gently avoid.]

[agleam]

Yeah, it's usually a better idea to let people feel however they want.

[nodding.]

Besides, there are more important things to do tonight. Like ask you how you've been since we last saw each other! It's been a bit.