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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?

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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?

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I don't want you to not talk about it and sit there thinkin' it all secretive???

[ look ]

[splinten]

I did not think I was being especially secretive.

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I mean like. In the future. If you think about it??? And then go "wow Dave doesn't want to talk about it" and then it's just this thing where it's there but never talked about, and it keeps getting bigger and bigger and more there?

[splinten]

[...]

What do you think we should discuss about it?

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Uh. I'm not...sure? [ he did not think this through. ] Maybe nothing???

[ time to backtrack ]

[splinten]

Maybe we should pet Macklemeow for a few minutes and regroup.

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[ this earns dirk a scowl? but dave will sit up and reach out towards the kitten at dirk's feet for a pet. ok. ]

I don't need to regroup. [ he's Fine ]

[splinten]

I might? I'm not entirely sure what we need to be discussing here.

[Dave has feelings about a thing? It's how he feels. That is ok. Dirk accepts it and will try to keep it in mind because respecting and acknowledging Dave's feelings is important. HE REALLY THOUGHT THIS CONVERSATION COULD JUST DETOUR INTO SILLY CAT-RAISING

what a fool]

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Oh. Then we can regroup.

[ it's fine if it's for dirk, obviously. what a fucking hypocrite ]

[splinten]

[Dave. Why are you like this. Dirk just... accepts it as a matter of course. He holds his hand out to offer it to Macklemeow? He wants to see if he can pet a kitten.]

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[ macklemeow, still in attack mode, will initially attack the hand? but after a second dirk can probably turn that into petting a purring mess of fur. ]

[splinten]

[He was worried that he broke Macklemeow and turned him into a FIGHTING MACHINE because clearly this is a flaw of his parenting, everything he touches learns to fight. But wait. No. No, now it's petting time.]

After this many years of friendship with Roxy, you'd think I'd have cat psychology down. It's the sort of thing I should just know by osmosis at this point. They are really confusing lil dudes, though. I have a better chance of workin' out what you're thinkin' than understandin' the mind of Macklemeow.

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That's just 'cause you're tryin' to psychoanalyze a cat, and their motives ain't that complex.

[ try to pet a cat immediately after playing and it might still be playful. ]

I wish I had my camera, damn.

[ THREE MORE DAYS the digital camera is unfortunately in his room at the moment. ]

[splinten]

I have seen her cats yowling for no determinable reason at a random hour of the night. I'm dubious about this.

[AH YES. THE CAMERA. Which Dirk is working on. Soon, Dave will have it. So he makes no comment.]

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Obviously, [ dave says with the air of a guy who is about to pull a reason out of thin air at random and defend it to the death ] it's because that's the best time for them to give movie reviews.

[splinten]

[It is exactly the quality of answer Dirk expected.] Obviously.

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Maybe if you rated their reviews more often they'd yowl at you less?

[splinten]

Maybe if they didn't post reviews on sites with so many pop-up ads I'd read their reviews.

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How else will they make a livin' if not through enforced advertisin'? Do you feel nothin' for their plight?

[splinten]

They don't need the income. They're freeloaders.

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Don't look down on their need for income, Dirk. How're they gonna afford all the catnip we won't buy 'em without it?