testing the waters.

[nattering]

What am I expecting? Nothing.

No trips up in space, no thinking up fantastical weapons, no cities under the sea - nothing. You're flighty - more than a little cowardly - and believe me, in two weeks I'll be a long lost memory, either replaced by someone else or just plain gone. Not that I'm complaining, I'm totally okay with returning to wherever it is I technically come from. I think my life is active enough as it is without a side helping of monster infested towns.

[ She raises her brows. ]

I take it this isn't the first time you've had a negative response to your plans, is it?

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[highfunctioning_sociopath]

Not all places are like... that.

[Not her Sherlock, but a Sherlock nonetheless.]

I too thought I'd be a passing fancy, here it is nearly two years later and I'm still going strong. You just have to learn how to control and manipulate your writer.

[nattering]

Like what? Filled with potential ways to get yourself killed every time you turn around?

Manipulation's not exactly a strong point of mine. I'd prefer to keep it that way.

[highfunctioning_sociopath]

While that is the vast majority of them, some are... a bit tamer, but interesting anyway.

[Which is a lot coming from him.]

I know it isn't, I suggest you learn it.

[It would make her better equipped to deal with him - in any incarnation.]

[nattering]

Tame or not, I'd rather they just weren't options, period.

[ Not changing her tune for a moment, ]

It's not a skill I find particularly admirable.

[highfunctioning_sociopath]

And both of those reactions are why you find it difficult to get along with me.

[Can't be him, even if it is him. But he does offer a fake grin.]