yes, i'll owe you. because i feel like shit expecting you to come up here so some creep can watch you get off because i got caught with my hand in the cookie jar. you're not talking me out of this one
our creepy overlords gave me a heated booth, so there's that
i get that telling you you don't have to feel like shit about needing my help with this isn't going to help you not feel like shit about it, but you don't. i want to help. if it makes you feel better about it we can call it even for you caring enough to come down here to get my ass out of the cage.
i guess you can't be expected to do much if you're too cold. [ would it be inappropriate of her to make a joke about shrinkage? ]
you're right and it doesn't. i wish i didn't have to ask, but i also don't have it in me to roll the dice and hope i can get through it on my own tomorrow after bombing it today and it doesn't make me feel better, actually. i have given up on "feeling better" about this, no offense
i'm sure they don't give a shit if the cold makes things miserable, i suspect that's rather the point
it isn't really about getting the job done, max, it's about making sure people hate the experience enough they won't try it again. so far so good on that front
( which is miserable in a new sort of way, because it's such a stupid rule and Daniel would like to be able to stare the city in the eye and refuse to fold on such an arbitrary restriction. but he can't, because imagining Yelena or Gwen in his place makes him feel a thousand times worse than being in it himself. )
i'm a real peach tonight, huh? fuck. i'm gonna quit while i'm ahead. get some sleep or something. but if you feel up to it, then i'll see you tomorrow obviously you aren't required to go through with this because you like me and you want to help i have to say it even though i know you're going to do it anyway
[ which makes sense, even if the rule doesn't. it's just not something she's had to think about because of what her position is. she'd just known it was unfair, which was enough reason to make her hate it, but if she were in his position she'd feel the same way. ]
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our creepy overlords gave me a heated booth, so there's that
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if it makes you feel better about it we can call it even for you caring enough to come down here to get my ass out of the cage.
i guess you can't be expected to do much if you're too cold. [ would it be inappropriate of her to make a joke about shrinkage? ]
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and it doesn't make me feel better, actually. i have given up on "feeling better" about this, no offense
i'm sure they don't give a shit if the cold makes things miserable, i suspect that's rather the point
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i'm sorryokay.then i don't know, i'll think of something later. you don't owe me an apology, though.
i figured they'd still want you to get the job done but i could also see them pleased about you not getting it done so they can prolong it.
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( which is miserable in a new sort of way, because it's such a stupid rule and Daniel would like to be able to stare the city in the eye and refuse to fold on such an arbitrary restriction. but he can't, because imagining Yelena or Gwen in his place makes him feel a thousand times worse than being in it himself. )
i'm a real peach tonight, huh? fuck.
i'm gonna quit while i'm ahead. get some sleep or something. but if you feel up to it, then i'll see you tomorrow
obviously you aren't required to go through with this because you like me and you want to help
i have to say it even though i know you're going to do it anyway
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of course i am.
i'll see you tomorrow.
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( the last thing he sends is exactly where they'll have him stationed in the morning. )