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[That felt surprisingly honest, coming from her. Not that she's really been telling him lies, but there's a difference between the lying and masking. He knows that well enough.]

Good. Maybe you were born as part of a crowd, but it doesn't seem like your real style to stay that way.

[sophielicious]

I wasn't even born, man.

(Just to lighten the mood a little bit. Also, not a lie. She's just uncomfortable with talking about feelings and what things mean and how they are and how she feels about it and if she thinks about it, she'll gag and want to throw up.

Allergic. This is the best she can do.)

Pffft. My real style. Let me know when I actually make one. All I'm really trying to do is not to replicate the usual girlboss, gatekeep, gaslight, manipulate, mock shit we tend to do. That's project enough.

[hexcope]

You know what I meant.

[Don't make him make a Marvel Character Quippiness Counter.]

You don't seem worse than the high school bullies I had, so you're doing something right.

[But also high school bullies had more fodder to make fun of him for, and he was also much, much more sensitive. So maybe that's just a matter of time and distance.]

[sophielicious]

... Seriously? I've been trying so hard and that's the best I've managed?

(Her hands move across her face, albeit carefully not to smudge anything.)

And let it be known, we were great high school bullies. Bet I could bully your bullies into character improvement in less than 5 seconds.

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Did I say you don't seem worse? I meant you seem way nicer than them. So much nicer.

[He knows she's trying, he didn't want to seem discouraging!!]

It helps having telepathy so you can know your target's weaknesses.

[sophielicious]

Shh, Talis. I'll revisit this later.

(She has to look at her life choices a little bit after that.)

I will level with you, it does, and uh, my mum is this femme fatale, super mean, reformed villain type, so we learned a lot from her. We get to blame half on telepathy, and half on DNA.

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With that kind of history, then you're making great strides. Really!

[He's still trying to talk his way out of that earlier foot-in-mouth moment.]

[sophielicious]

I'm never telling you shit ever again. Go back to being pathetic. That was better.

(This peptalk SUCKS, Talis. IT SUCKS!!!)

[hexcope]

No it wasn't, and you know it.

[Small strides on not taking what she's saying so personally it deflates his mood immediately.]

[sophielicious]

... Yeah, it wasn't, actually.

(But him trying to cheer her up is not great, please, she just needs a milkshake and some patience, okay?)

... Any questions, anyway? I know too much about you, you know... Just whatever I told you now about me. I'll answer 2, for data-gathering.

[hexcope]

Wait, what do you mean you know too much about me? What do you know? Specifically.

[Probably not how she intended him to use his questions.]

[sophielicious]

There goes one question.

Very well. Let's see. I mostly don't listen to you because it is a huge bummer, so here is what I did pick up. From my understanding of your thoughts, you truly think of others and how you can improve lives with knowledge and innovation, and from your point of view, it is an altruistic choice. You're really, really anxious, I'm pretty sure from what I picked up once or twice that you think there are a lot of forces bringing you down from all sides, and there are things you wish the others understood but they can't, because some things seem to be cemented and you just represent them.

Also, you really care about that thin dude. Keep asking yourself where he is at. For some goddamn reason. I wasn't listening.

[hexcope]

[Okay, so not the worst things about him. Or she's being nice and holding those back.

He's nodding along a little like he's getting his fortune told, nothing he would really argue against. It's a fair assessment, although maybe even a little too flattering. She must be holding some things back...

And then when she mentions Viktor as he's picking up one of the last fries, he uses it to point at her when he speaks.]

Okay, keep minding your business on that last part.

[sophielicious]

(She's holding off, yes, including her opinion that magic sucks and altruism needs to be closely checked because it can fuck everyone over. But this isn't a 'mutantkind goes through so much shit' conversation, so he gets spared.

Instead, she snorts at the fry pointing.)

It's not that juicy, really doesn't get my 'not minding my business' brain going. Nothing to worry about.

[hexcope]

Fine. Good.

[He eats the fry.]

I guess you're right about the rest.

[sophielicious]

Course I am. It's a gift and a curse.

(A joke? Maybe? Doesn't matter, she shrugs.)

This place sucks for me, by the way. It's quiet.

[hexcope]

First I'm too noisy, now it's too quiet? Make up your mind.

[sophielicious]

No, dummy. You're noisy. Etraya itself has like, what, a hundred people. I'm used to millions. Environment, quiet, you? Need to drink more chamomile tea.

[hexcope]

[Ignoring the tea comment.]

And you miss the noise. Can't say I get that.

[But if she misses it, she misses it.]

[sophielicious]

I've never been without the noise. It's fucking eerie.

(But she knows that she isn't the most relatable person in the planet, even to the telepaths. Go figure.)

Do you want your 2 questions or not?

[hexcope]

Can I save them for later? Putting me on the spot right now with this.

[sophielicious]

You think I'm going to be this generous later? Doubtful.

[hexcope]

Please?

[He's trying to be cute. Is it working.]

[sophielicious]

(Hah! No.)

Nope, you're losing your two questions in five... Four... Three...

[hexcope]

I- I don’t know. You told me a lot about you just now— way more than I expected to learn. You told me about your colleagues, your sisters, your… life and death situation. Any more questions and I feel like I’m going to have to resort to some ‘what’s your favorite color’ sort of thing.