[ like, okay, they are definitely fighting but dave clearly just decided that he wasn't going to fight this so clearly he should be allowed to...run away to rose who would immediately smile at him and smack him or something, probably. okay. new plan: don't go to rose for sympathy when you can't even adequately explain to her or anyone else why you're upset.
but he hears the higher pitch and that's. weird enough to throw him, even though he doesn't loosen up. dirk's never really broken monotone except to tell him to stop trying the time thing.
he's not sure which thing to trust here. dirk, who wants to know how he fucked up and sounds at least mildly upset, or the shadow of who dirk could be. is? he's usually decent at keeping bro and dirk in separate boxes in the sanctity of his own mind, but sometimes dave realizes that the separate box thing isn't really real and he wonders if an evil puppet is really all it would take to make that transition. he really tries not to wonder that, because that's stupid and neurotic and he shouldn't think it.
but at least in this case he maybe should have. it'd have made it hurt less. and did dirk even fuck up? he'd pointed out the facts and the facts were...battle data was important. there was only one potential loss from the battles, and it was an acceptable one. there was absolutely no reason to fight over it because how do you argue with logic? ]
Also, I have no idea how to wake up and it was my fuckup anyway, not yours. I know my getting hurt is an acceptable loss against strategic advantage, okay?
[ he was just momentarily stupid enough to think that wasn't a thing dirk believed. not at first, because that was never a thing bro believed, but dirk kept adjusting when dave got upset which was...weird and probably unnecessary really? feelings were less important than doing the rational thing in battle. he knew that. bro taught him that.
it was idiotic as fuck to let the adjustment thing get his guard down to the point where he got overconfident and thought that his feelings were relevant to decisions made. so he just needs to like. readjust his own expectations.
holy shit why did he actually believe that was a thing that was true for even five minutes, that was stupid and great job setting him up to feel like he got stabbed past dave, you're a real fucking pal here.
dirk was right, too, it's completely irrational and he doesn't really have a reason to be upset. dirk wasn't going to get hurt in a dream battle. the data was necessary. is he supposed to be the one apologizing for overreacting? he'd rather just get the hell out of dodge, but just ending the argument seems like a safe enough choice for now since the absconding isn't an option. ]
You did the rational thing, there's nothin' more to discuss. It's fine.
[ while dirk's tone had changed a little dave's stays perfectly even and calm. he's fine, this is fine. ]
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[ like, okay, they are definitely fighting but dave clearly just decided that he wasn't going to fight this so clearly he should be allowed to...run away to rose who would immediately smile at him and smack him or something, probably. okay. new plan: don't go to rose for sympathy when you can't even adequately explain to her or anyone else why you're upset.
but he hears the higher pitch and that's. weird enough to throw him, even though he doesn't loosen up. dirk's never really broken monotone except to tell him to stop trying the time thing.
he's not sure which thing to trust here. dirk, who wants to know how he fucked up and sounds at least mildly upset, or the shadow of who dirk could be. is? he's usually decent at keeping bro and dirk in separate boxes in the sanctity of his own mind, but sometimes dave realizes that the separate box thing isn't really real and he wonders if an evil puppet is really all it would take to make that transition. he really tries not to wonder that, because that's stupid and neurotic and he shouldn't think it.
but at least in this case he maybe should have. it'd have made it hurt less. and did dirk even fuck up? he'd pointed out the facts and the facts were...battle data was important. there was only one potential loss from the battles, and it was an acceptable one. there was absolutely no reason to fight over it because how do you argue with logic? ]
Also, I have no idea how to wake up and it was my fuckup anyway, not yours. I know my getting hurt is an acceptable loss against strategic advantage, okay?
[ he was just momentarily stupid enough to think that wasn't a thing dirk believed. not at first, because that was never a thing bro believed, but dirk kept adjusting when dave got upset which was...weird and probably unnecessary really? feelings were less important than doing the rational thing in battle. he knew that. bro taught him that.
it was idiotic as fuck to let the adjustment thing get his guard down to the point where he got overconfident and thought that his feelings were relevant to decisions made. so he just needs to like. readjust his own expectations.
holy shit why did he actually believe that was a thing that was true for even five minutes, that was stupid and great job setting him up to feel like he got stabbed past dave, you're a real fucking pal here.
dirk was right, too, it's completely irrational and he doesn't really have a reason to be upset. dirk wasn't going to get hurt in a dream battle. the data was necessary. is he supposed to be the one apologizing for overreacting? he'd rather just get the hell out of dodge, but just ending the argument seems like a safe enough choice for now since the absconding isn't an option. ]
You did the rational thing, there's nothin' more to discuss. It's fine.
[ while dirk's tone had changed a little dave's stays perfectly even and calm. he's fine, this is fine. ]