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[parodeity]

How do you mean?

[ okay, dirk shifted away so dave will. roll over onto his side facing dirk, a very slight frown forming as he tries to figure out if he messed up. ]

It's not like it's a thing I mind discussin'. But I've weathered this before and I'm not sure I'm the best person to ask about it, like last time you brought it up. John's disappeared before, even.

[splinten]

I guess I'm asking if you don't think you're the best person because you think you wouldn't be helpful, or if you don't think you're the best person because you don't want to talk about it. Generally speaking, if I back off, it means I've assumed the latter.

[Otherwise Dirk would try anyway. But Dave says those things and it seems to be a way to make the conversation stop. So Dirk obliges.]

[parodeity]

I...doubt I'd be helpful. [ he hasn't considered which option it would be. mostly he thinks it says probably unfortunate things about him that he's capable of handling being apart from his friends for long periods of time. ] I'm not sure how well I can empathize?

[splinten]

I don't know if an inability to empathize with someone else's feelings is necessarily a disqualifying factor for talkin' to them. [A beat, and then quickly:] I'm not pushin' you on this. My concern is that you're disqualifying yourself automatically because of how you think of yourself. My other concern is that you're disqualifying yourself because it's something you don't like discussing.

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I don't know how I feel about it. [ which is honest. he genuinely has no idea. there's maybe some discomfort at the idea it's just another way in which he is broken, but he doesn't Know for sure how he feels. ]

[splinten]

Okay. [Dirk leans over. There's a kiss on the cheek. Deal with it, Dave. Then he's lying back down so Dave better be comfortable as the koala returns to its natural habitat]

I love you.

[parodeity]

[ he's on his side so it's better now? there is very specifically no tension in his posture which. either means he's relaxed or forcing it, there is no inbetween. ]

Love you too. [ at least he's never confused about how he feels bout that. ]