[He won't stop staring.]

[luckandpluck]

... you can't be serious about bringing me here.

I thought we had some kinda agreement 'bout where it is you're gonna go shoving me around. I mean, c'mon, I like attention and I like people and I like all the things that come in between, but... y'know everybody's got a limit. You can barely keep me up in other places as it is.

... mm, fine though. 'Guess I'll stick 'round here and see if any interesting stuff comes up or... something.

Comments

[star_australis]

No, there isn't. You're just being stubborn.

[luckandpluck]

You're the one who doesn't want to see it as just 'petulant commenting' and not complaining in general.

[star_australis]

Nah, you're just an ol' mule.

[luckandpluck]

And you're cruel. That's what you are.

[star_australis]

You wound me.

[luckandpluck]

[And despite himself, a small smile manages to etch upon his lips.]

... only 'cause I know you can handle it.

[star_australis]

[ She smiles in return, pleased she was able to get him to do so ]

You're so mean to me.

[luckandpluck]

[That's Alfred for you. Fickle with his emotions, jumping from sour to pleasant in the blink of an eye.]

It's called tough love. 'Sides, I can pretty much say the same thing 'bout you.

[star_australis]

[ Must be where Aaron gets it from. Either way, it doesn't bother Alice. ]

You said it yourself; "it's called tough love".

[luckandpluck]

[If there was one person to truly blame for this fickleness, it may as well be Arthur, but Alfred will never admit to that.]

There's tough love and there's just being cruel. Y'sure it's not the other?

[star_australis]

Oh, I'm very sure.

[luckandpluck]

And how sure's very sure?

[star_australis]

Very sure is very sure, silly.

[luckandpluck]

But very sure in what kinda way? I mean, there's being very sure, and there's being very sure.

[star_australis]

This is very sure.

[luckandpluck]

It can't be very sure, it's gotta be one or the other.

[star_australis]

Oh yes it can; I say it is.

[luckandpluck]

And if it happens that you're totally wrong?

[star_australis]

Simple; I'm not wrong at all.

[luckandpluck]

But y'could be, and you just don't know it. You were wrong all this time, and y'never knew, and the truth never came 'round to surfacing and you've been living a lie without realizing it.

[star_australis]

...you're so weird.

[luckandpluck]

... y'mean the best damn thing you've ever seen.

[star_australis]

Weird and arrogant.

[luckandpluck]

But you love me like that!

[star_australis]

Don't push it.