re: subjecting him to all the memes

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With all due respect, ma'am...






I think I'd rather be frozen again.

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[kneecaptain]

Who's aren't?

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[ a pause.

and then a laugh. ]

Point.

[ he sighs a little, rubbing a hand over the back of his head. ] Have you ever been on one of those memes?

[kneecaptain]

Christ, no. Natasha would kill me.

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--Natasha?

[kneecaptain]

My girlfriend. That's her name.

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Oh.

[ well not all the memes are scandalous, but... ]

She has something against them?

[ he's tempted to ask her last name, but. ]

[kneecaptain]

She doesn't like most of the trouble I get myself into.

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She can't join you?

[kneecaptain]

She's, you know, the cautious type.

Easier to call me an idiot from a distance.

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[ ah. most likely not the natasha he knows, then. ]

Well. Good for her, actually. I've seen the kind of things you can into thanks to these memes. They're trouble, alright.

[kneecaptain]

They could drive a man to drink.

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All things I'd like to avoid, if I could help it.

[kneecaptain]

Not really your choice, though, is it?

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There's always a choice.

[kneecaptain]

Maybe. But some stuff we call choices really aren't.

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Such as?

[kneecaptain]

That's what duty is, right?

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But it was our choice to take that duty on.

[kneecaptain]

Maybe. But how could you say no?

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[ his smile is wry. ]

Saying no is the easy part.

[kneecaptain]

That doesn't make it an option.

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It's always an option.

But the fact that you don't consider it one is pretty telling.

Anyway... that's a pretty depressing thought. A nice lady suggested I make lemonade out of these lemons. At the very least, I can appreciate the fact that I get to meet some people I never would have otherwise.