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[Good job Dave. Dirk will give him... some time to answer that idk like a minute or two. Can Dave manage words in a minute.]

[ dirk's wait is rewarded with the very eloquent: ]

No?

[ no he doesn't know he's already there it doesn't seem like a thing he was aware of? ]

Hm.

[Eloquent also.]

Okay, then so you know, you are.

[There we go, confusion solved. Nice.]

[ like. normally he would argue here since he doesn't 100% buy that, but. ]

...Okay.

[ he agreed to try to not...do that...so he is not gonna do that. good job. ]

What robotics shit are you doin' today in particular?

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I was contemplating doing something just for fun, but I haven't decided what yet.

[Dirk has not let Dave out of his box of brotherly protectiveness yet. However, the lid comes off as Dirk pulls his chin off of Dave's head and looks at him.]

Maybe we should keep the other conversation going. Do you want to talk about it more?

[ it is not an exciting view since when he was boxed in dave just shut his eyes. he opens one of them to kind of eyeball dirk before shutting it again, though. ]

Flash mob. And did you want to talk about it more? I'm, uh, willin' to believe that is a thing that is true.

[ or like he is willing to decide to try to believe that which is Essentially the same thing. he does believe the part about living together lessening dirk's loneliness more readily than, like, the part where he apparently is reliable like he wants to be somehow. ]

A flash mob isn't a robotics project.

[He. thinks? Not the point.]

Are there ways I can demonstrate it more often?

[Trying to believe things is good and appreciated but Dirk would like to help a bro out, as it were.]

I mean, if you program them to have a flash mob it is.

[ obviously? the question, though. ]

I'm not sure. You told me the other day when you were tired? Are there ways I can demonstrate it more?

[ is dirk sure it's a thing, or not? somehow this is more immediately a concern when it comes to mind than dave's own thing. ]

It's hard to regularly call for your aid for a boss fight when I've been attempting to avoid them.

[Since, you know. Dave has asked him not to keep seeking out boss fights, so he hasn't.]

You were my first text when we were about to hit the planet soul. You're who I go to for advice on my powers or fighting.

Oh. I was?

[ he. did not realize that. ]

It's less the big things like that though. [ or: ] Those count. But I mean - it's just tied into the other thing. [ clear as mud, but he means: dirk saying when he's tired or letting him mess up his hair or just. seeming human in dave's direction and admitting to weakness when it occurs. ] I guess? I'm not really sure.

[Good job Dave. It's okay. Dirk thinks about it.]

Little things like me saying I was tired. And letting you mess my hair up.

Letting you make food, or is that a different thing?

Helping me make food. [ letting him is one thing, helping him is another. helping is more this thing than that thing. ]

Treatin' me like a combatant you rely on is one thing; when I say I want to be reliable I mean I want you to rely on me like I'm actually your brother. In the stupid normal people ways.

[ the ways that aren't really that stupid. ]

I do.

[It's the second time he has said that, but he offers this one again now that Dave has said his terms more clearly.]

You know I'm hugging you right now because you scared me. So... this is me being comforted by you. [Even though he was the one who dragged Dave into the hug?

Yes.]

I thought you were kinda just makin' sure I couldn't run off and do somethin' really stupid or somethin'.

[ he's not sure what he would go and do, but he's sure dirk has some scenarios for other things dave could suggest he go do. he would ask for them, but that would be mean? ]

Thanks. [ is what he settles on, after a second. ]

No. I was scared and I wanted to know you were okay. [It's one of the reasons he has always been so clingy. After a pause,] Before it was okay to hug you again, you offered one to me because you knew it made me feel better. That's what it is... basically all the time.

[He needs that reassurance. He needs to feel that Dave is okay and safe and there.]

It feels impossible to really account for the way I've come to rely on you to feel good and safe. It's part of my daily routine, though, from eating during the day to actually managing sleep of some kind.

[ oh, okay, that feels...dave isn't sure how it feels. something? not nothing. he worries about the being fucked up thing for a second but decides it probably doesn't matter so much since at least it's fucked up in a less destructive way than his previous family relationship. ]

I can understand it. But isn't that really fuckin' scary?

[ like, dirk just said he was scared, but - ]

When you say it like that you make it sound easy.

Scary, bordering on terrifying. And then crossing the border without UN sanction and not heading back.

[It's scary because every time Dave pulls away from Dirk it feels like being torn apart. It's scary because he could lose it, destroy it, ruin it all for himself. It's scary because it wasn't always there and it might not always stay.]

But I like being like this, so... that's what I'm choosing.

Well. As long as we're terrified together, I guess. We can set up a souvenir shop for visitors. Maybe sell some dumb t-shirts. A few snowglobes with our deepest darkest fears locked inside, for the kids to pick up and shake, y'know? We can hire a bored teen to man the register and they'll do like less than the bare minimum of the work required, and no one will fuckin' blame them because who the fuck wants to work at the Strider Inc Gift Shop? No one, that's who.

[ certainly not an underpaid teenager. ]

Nice metaphor.

[Dave gets brought back into the full hug, complete with chin on top of head.]

[ well all right that's happening? there's no falsely irritated grumble this time. dave just hugs dirk back, although: ]

Is the plan here to go back to sleep? [ not that he has super exciting plans for the day, since "bugs" is pretty much the only thing on the docket beyond time with the pets and feeding and stuff. technically he doesn't have anything he has to do for a few hours.

so it is a question that is less accusational and more legitimately curious. it's not like either of them ever gets Enough sleep anyway, dave supposes??? ]

You can go do stuff in a minute.

[Dirk is hugging Dave and that gets priority, ok???

His voice quiets.]

Hey. You okay?

Wasn't a complaint.

[ like. he will go back to sleep if dirk plans to hug him for much longer? ]

I'm all right. [ it's immediate, and it occurs to him dirk may not buy a rapidfire response, so: ] Really. Not wired. Nightmares aren't a big thing as long as I don't wake up in the middle of 'em or actually get some sleep after. I'm cool. [ he's. not sure if they were back to asking about the original thing dirk was worried about or not. ] Are you okay?

I'm okay.

[Which. Is tempting to leave just like that but he should probably expand.]

I'm not upset about the nightmare. Or, I'm upset but not in the way you worried. And you're going to do your stupid experiment in the most minimally stupid conditions, so I have that comfort.

Wanna make breakfast together?

What way are you upset in?

[ he will get to breakfast later because he's not actually hungry yet but he'll eat if it means dirk will so. w/e that's more or less the strider meal plan anyway ]

There was a thing, and that thing caused discomfort or distress to you.

[You know. The way he gets upset at many things who dare to harm his loved ones.]

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