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[jurisimpudent]

I'll not waste my breath pointing out the utter idiocy of your plans to join this game; such words are, to my way of thinking, trite by virtue of their inevitability. Yes, you - like nearly everyone else - have comparatively limited time. And, of course, you wish to play the martyr over this, agonize and complain, so that others will know just how busy and important you are. I'm not going to enable such self-indulgent behavior.

Rather, I'll merely tell you this: if you think you're so utterly and terribly busy, if you think that you've so little time, then don't waste it further with whining. Instead, make it count. I've no use for someone who will dither rather than be a productive member of society.

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[dawning]

[ a pause as she reflects on this

and then very gently touches his arm

as she says in complete seriousness: ]

Self-immolation is not the way.

[jurisimpudent]

...

Please cease touching me, miss.

[dawning]

[ SHE WOULD BUT-- ]

'Miss'?

[ She looks genuinely puzzled at that! ]

But you're not much older than me, are you?

[jurisimpudent]

...I'm seventeen.

[dawning]

And I'm sixteen!

[ BEAM oh man oh man they can be BEST FRIENDS they'll have sleepovers and do their nails and talk about all the boys they like ]

So you don't have to call me miss - just call me by my name!

[jurisimpudent]

I...think that "miss" is fine.

[dawning]

But you sound so old if you call me that! It's fine to call me by my name, really!

[ Oh, she should probably tell him it. ]

It's Dawn!

[jurisimpudent]

It's better to sound old, you know.

[dawning]

Yes, but when you do it, it sounds like you don't get out very much.

[jurisimpudent]

"Get out" from where?

[dawning]

You know, from your house! Going out and traveling, seeing new and different places, meeting new people, making friends - that sort of thing!

[jurisimpudent]

And you can tell whether someone has done that by the tone of their voice? What an idiotic claim.

[dawning]

Oh! So you have done all of that?

[jurisimpudent]

I don't value such foolish things.

[dawning]

They're not foolish!

[jurisimpudent]

They're a waste of time.

[dawning]

Have you even tried it?

[jurisimpudent]

Why would I need to?

[dawning]

Because it's just sad if you just shut yourself away from other people.

[ She knew a man like that once. He tried to destroy the world and make himself god, in that order. ]

[jurisimpudent]

I am not "sad" in the least. Maybe for some people it is, but I don't care.

[dawning]

Why not?

[jurisimpudent]

Why should I?