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[splinten]

That seems kinda sad to me. [At least his toes wiggle.] What did you mean?

[parodeity]

Well. Let's flip it the other way around. [ he tosses the laser pointer at dirk's head, secure in the knowledge dirk will simply catch it. ] What would it make you feel like to think of me goin' off on my own to sit alone every so often without a word to you? Not a guilt trip, just...it's that kind of sad, I guess. In addition to a generalized sadness that either of us feels the need to do that to keep functionin'. It's not like it's the least normal thing in the world, it's just.

[ all he is coming up with here is "sad" or synonyms thereof, help. ]

[splinten]

[An automatic catch; Dirk points the laser pointer at the ground, and then leads Macklemeow to tackle Dave's shirt.

Dave sitting alone. Doesn't Dave do that? Time loops and other tricks. His farm in some ways. He often seems to find spaces to be alone, even when those spaces are time. Is it sad? It is melancholic, he can certainly see that.]

Do you feel peaceful when you're alone?

[parodeity]

[ it forces dave to let go of his knee and flop back on the ground. or that's what he chooses to do, at least. ]

Do you? [ a question for a question. ]

[splinten]

[Okay, then Dirk will just direct the laser pointer across Dave's torso at various points for cat-pouncing.]

Sort of. It's a little lonely, but it is necessary sometimes for filtering out the static. Being here does the same job so that isn't as much of an issue.

[parodeity]

[ he stretches his arms out above his head mostly to avoid macklemeow getting tangled up in them. ]

If it helped, I'm glad? Which it did obviously or you wouldn't keep doin' it.

[splinten]

That is a super faulty assumption about me and things I'm likely to repeat.

[parodeity]

Fair point, but you know what I meant in this case, and it wasn't wrong?? You said it helped with the static.

[splinten]

You didn't tell me if it feels peaceful for you.

[parodeity]

I don't know. Sometimes. Not when it's like that, usually.

[splinten]

How does it feel?

[parodeity]

[ it's a decent question. his left hand moves to scratch macklemeow behind the ears. ]

Like...desperately tryin' to remember how to breathe, I guess.

[splinten]

Do you remember when you do it?

[parodeity]

Again: sometimes. I'm not sayin' it's not a thing we don't have to do, just - [ it's sad and lonely and a weird thought. and sometimes there are better ways, and neither of them knows how to take them, and that's a little melancholic, too. ] You know.

[splinten]

Yeah. [He flicks the laser pointer on Dave's arm.] Now there's a cat.

[parodeity]

That's not why I [ said i ] got a cat, dude.

[ macklemeow pounces dave's arm, because what ELSE was he gonna do? ]

[splinten]

Didn't say it was. [He only implied a causality?] I like him.

[parodeity]

It's what you were edgin' around to. [ which he could have ignored but no fight him? ] I like 'im too. And, uh, forget everythin' I just said about that bullshit, okay?

[splinten]

I wasn't going to say it, and that's completely not going to happen. [He wants to point the pointer at Dave's forehead but kittens have claws. It's a shame? It would be adorable if it wouldn't scrape up Dave's face.

He settles for setting Macklemeow running across Dave's arm.]

[parodeity]

You were thinkin' it real hard.

[ dave doesn't react even when kitten claws dig into his arm, tbh. like, the cat could draw little pinpricks of blood and he'd just watch because again: this is small-scale. ]

And I don't even know what I was gettin' at so you don't need to worry about it?

[splinten]

It was a punctuating thought, not one for an argument. [Dirk leads the kitten over to his foot now with the pointer.]

I won't forget it. We don't have to talk about it, but it isn't the kind of thing that I like to let slip my mind.

[parodeity]

Oh, don't do that.

[ not about the kitten. he covers his face with both hands, making a weird dave noise (tm) that indicates disgruntled disapproval. ]

[splinten]

...Should I be more careful teaching him to play with feet?

[parodeity]

Not that. I mean...don't keep a thing in mind and just think it quietly to yourself, that's weird.

[ dave make up your mind do you want to talk about it or Not ]

[splinten]

[Dave....]

Do you... want to talk about it?