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[enigmaster]

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[enigmaster]

[It's a few more moments and then Edward... manages to get there. Kind of.] ...I kind of... messed that up, right?

[agoodname]

"...how so?" [gently--a simple inquiry]

[enigmaster]

I kind of freaked out at the end there.

[agoodname]

"A little bit, yes, but not to the point where I would say it's messed up."

[enigmaster]

It feels like it. ...I'm bad at this.

[agoodname]

[he can't help but chuckle just a little at that]

"To be fair, I don't think you're as bad as you think you are...and my son is not particularly good at "this" either."

[enigmaster]

No, I'm... I know I'm bad at it, I don't need-- It's fine. That I am. That's just how it is, you know.

[agoodname]

"I'm hardly sugarcoating, Edward." [gently, again] "You sound very certain of that, however."

[enigmaster]

Because I am? I don't get people and I'm not good at dealing with them, that's just... a fact.

[agoodname]

"I think you've been doing fine. But people aren't always exactly patient."

[enigmaster]

[Edward scoffs a little.] Expecting people to be patient with me is kind of asking a lot. [Not worth the effort.] I don't expect anyone to do that.

[agoodname]

"....I can understand that." [quietly]

"But...I don't think Oswald would be angry with you for being a little wrongfooted now and then."

[enigmaster]

Well, that's nice of him. Not that it really matters. This is only for the rest of the week and then... that'll be that. [He'll get a place. And then he won't get to see Oswald anymore.]

[agoodname]

[Elijah presses his lips together a bit uncertainly]

"You...don't want to see him after this week?"

[enigmaster]

Whether I do or not doesn't especially matter.

[agoodname]

"Whyever not?"

[enigmaster]

Because it's better for everyone if I just go away. [He says it like a simple statement of fact. Like it should be obvious.] Better than sitting around and waiting to see how this gets ruined. No, thanks...

[agoodname]

[and Elijah just...frowns a little at that]

"...is it? Better for everyone?" [he rubs his thumb over his own knuckles] "I think Oswald would miss you dearly."

[enigmaster]

[Edward scoffs at that. The thought of someone missing him is just... too ridiculous.]

[agoodname]

"Ah....did I say something wrong?"

[enigmaster]

Mhm. People don't miss me.

[agoodname]

"You said they don't come back, either." [gently]

[enigmaster]

Not usually, no... Sometimes things go a little differently. ...In my experience, that's a red flag.

[agoodname]

[he frowns a bit] "...how so?"

[enigmaster]

If something seems too good to be true, it always is. That's all. The last time I thought things were going okay, I... [He trails off. Gripping his sleeve again. He kind of doesn't want to think about that too much.]