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[hEY stop being skeptical this was a very emotional story that was supposed to win you over]

WELL, WE ALSO GOT A LITTLE DRUNK THE NIGHT WE GOT THE THING WORKING.

[the romance, is almost too beautiful]

Edited 2019-06-30 17:55 (UTC)

[Sorry, buddy. This is just a lot, and also, how the in the seven Corellian hells did you get a boyfriend before Luke did?]

Yeah. Okay. I just... [Luke shakes his head, as if to clear it.] No that's... great. Just... unexpected? [You know, what with all the sworn enemy, keep him away from me, don't trust that guy stuff.] But you know. That's great.

...ARE YOU STILL SORE WE DIDN'T TELL YOU?

I'M SORRY ABOUT KEEPING YOU IN THE DARK, KID.

Of course I am!

[He can't help raising his voice a little.]

After all that? You tell me you're about to alter reality and endanger the whole ship and you keep your boyfriend from me?

I THOUGHT THE FIRST TWO WERE WAY MORE IMPORTANT!

[His voice goes high-pitched like it gets when he kinda knows he fucked up.]

HE KINDA CAME TO ME THE MORNING AFTER AND SAID 'I NEED TIME TO THINK' AND I SAID 'ALRIGHT' AND WE AVOIDED EYE CONTACT! UNTIL RECENTLY!

[bill every time you add details to this story it gets weirder]

Edited 2019-07-01 04:36 (UTC)

[Luke forces himself to calm down. At least Bill knows he did screw up. He takes a few calming breaths.]

Right. I'm sorry. That's... you're telling me know, and I get that's hard, and... I'm glad. That you're telling me. That's big, this is big.

[Um. What are you supposed to say at times like this? How do you counsel two beings as absurdly immature at these ancients?

And how does all this work? And does he really want to know?]

Do you, ah. Are you happy?

[The automatic answer comes out first:] SURE!

[Then he visibly pauses, and tries to actually assess for a real one.]

YOU KNOW, I AM? WE'RE NOT IN LOVE OR ANYTHING, BUT IT'S A GOOD ARRANGEMENT. I LIKE HIM!

Edited 2019-07-01 05:04 (UTC)

[Luke feels the need to get extremely drunk, suddenly, because literally nothing is going to make sense ever again. At the same time, he senses that Bill is being... honest. Like, way more honest than he's ever been with him. And that has to count for something.

But there's also part of him that thinks it must be a trick, a trap, a deal. Something.]

Right. I want to be happy for you, and I am, just... when you say it's 'a good arrangement,' that kinda makes it sound like another game of yours. I'm not saying it is, I just... need to say that. So you know how that sounds.

[Bill cackles, here, which definitely does not help his argument.]

I'M TRYING TO SPARE YOU THE GORY DETAILS. BUT, ALSO, Y'KNOW, WOULD REAAAAALLY APPRECIATE THAT MINDSCAPE ACCESS.

I don't need details to have that particular anxiety answered, Bill. But okay. You seem to be serious about this, and I think that's great.

But I'm gonna leave you to figure this one out, Bill. I'm not going to give you that sort of ability to have sex with, though you do not have to argue with me about why it'd be nice. I get it. But it is going to take more than having a boyfriend for me to trust you with this.

I MEAN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY IT LIKE THAT.

I EMOTIONALLY BONDED WITH SOMEONE!

[where is his immediate reward?]

And I think that's great. You should explore that bond. See where it takes you. I don't think it's a good idea to leap into the kind of options we're talking about when--

Is this your first relationship?

YEAH...

LOOK, YOU PROBABLY DON'T REMEMBER THIS, BUT WAAAAAY BACK IN THAT BREACH WHEN YOU WERE A COMPANION, I WAS YOUR BROTHER AND WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE HAVE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON DATING.

Companion...

[He stops to try to recall it, and then coughs slightly when he does. At least, the gist.]

Given the ... parameters of that event, I'd say so. I'm not sure how that's relevant to today.

YOU ASKED IF IT WAS MY FIRST GO AROUND! AND YEAH, IT IS! BECAUSE THIS KIND OF THING IS NOTHING BUT TROUBLE.

PEOPLE GO AFTER IT, THEY TRIP ON THEMSELVES, THEY GRAB ONTO THE CURTAINS AND PULL DOWN THE WHOLE SET! THEY MAKE BAD CALLS. THEY THROW OUT ADVANTAGES, JUST BECAUSE THEY THINK SERVING NATURAL SELECTION THE SAME WAY ANY TWO STORE-BRAND MULTICELLULAR ORGANISMS CAN IS SOME KINDA POETIC CONNECTION!

YOU HAVE TO PUT A LOT IN THE POSITIVE COLUMN TO WEIGH OUT ALL THE TERRIBLE PARTS OF BEING INVOLVED WITH SOMEONE, AND FORD'S THE FIRST ONE TO CLEAR THE BAR.

I thought you were supposed to be convincing me this was a good idea.

IT IS A GOOD IDEA! IT MEANS I WAS SURE. I DIDN'T GO INTO THIS ON A WHIM!

[Luke scrubs his face with a hand.]

Okay, okay. Just... come to me if you get into trouble, okay? Or, better yet, before you get into trouble.

As for your request, I stand by my original opinion. You need to work this out on your own.

CAN I TALK YOU INTO A VERSION OF IT THAT'S NOT DANGEROUS?

THERE'S SOME REAL - SOME REAL BASIC PHYSIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS. YOU EVER MET SOMEONE THAT'S THE LAST OF THEIR SPECIES? HOW'S THEIR DATING LIFE GOING?

All of us experience complications within relationships. It'll be good for you to have to figure out how to work around your... incompatibilities.

HOW WILL THAT BE GOOD FOR ME? NOT EVERYTHING THAT'S ANNOYING IS GOOD FOR ME.

No, it's not. But here's the thing--we all want things that aren't easy. Or people who we need to negotiate and compromise in order to get along with. Or, you know. Please. Look, I am not looking for gory details but at the same time, lots of people have dated people with different... bodies. Limitations. Whatever. Unless there's something actively hurting you or keeping you from expressing your feelings in a general way...

UUUUUUGH.

[Dude, fuck feelings, feelings are the worst! Nobody gives a shit about feelings!]

WHAT ABOUT ONE ROOM, CAN I HAVE IT WORK IN ONE ROOM?

[Bill has never met a rule he didn't try to kick holes in.]

The day I think you can't make something world-endingly dangerous in one room, Bill...

No. Figure it out. If you and Ford can't either make it work or come up with a less general plan, that says something.

[God, he could actually solve this one and make Luke happy at the same time if he asked to try out being human. At this point, he'd actually gain a lot of advantages and not lose very many.

On the other hand, being human comes with sleeping, eating regularly in specific portions of specific items that are digestible, eliminating waste afterwards, ?taxes maybe?, showers and toothbrushes and shoes and socks -

Nah. Not worth it. Too gross. He knows - he KNOWS this place is designed to put pressure on him until he buckles and takes the path of least resistance, which is trying to be like everybody else is. Logically, humanity is a path to graduate fastest, and everyone who thinks it's not is deluding themselves, but he can never bring himself to do it.]

I DON'T WANT TO END THE WORLD. I JUST WANT TO STOP HAVING TO WORK TWICE AS HARD TO MAKE UP FOR NOT BEING A PERSON.

[He fiddles with the tie pin he had Nico make.]

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