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[neverjoinyou]

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[neverjoinyou]

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?

[tetractys]

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.

[neverjoinyou]

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.

[tetractys]

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.

[neverjoinyou]

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

[tetractys]

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

[neverjoinyou]

[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.

[tetractys]

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?

[neverjoinyou]

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

[tetractys]

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

[neverjoinyou]

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...

[tetractys]

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.]

[neverjoinyou]

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.

[tetractys]

[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.]

[neverjoinyou]

Oh, Bill. That's not what I mean.

What I mean is, if you're... doing whatever you're doing, and you need to be human to do it, then maybe you need to figure out what you like, and want. It's not about being human or being better because of it. It's about finding out, together, what works and feels good. Everyone has to do that. Even two humans. It's not like a formula or a spell. It's messy.

content warning: oh no

[tetractys]

EUGH, LOOK, I PROMISE WE'RE ALREADY TRYING, WHATEVER THIS IS YOU'RE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE.

[He just doesn't want to talk about this with people that aren't involved! Where's the decorum! The privacy!]

MY PHYSICAL FORM DOESN'T - HAVE ANYTHING TO WORK TOGETHER WITH!

content warning: ahahahaha

[neverjoinyou]

[Trust him, Bill, Luke doesn't want to be thinking about this, let alone talking about it.]

But that... [He frowns.] I mean, I realize this is personal, but that seems... I mean, either something feels good, or it doesn't. Humans don't have all the same parts, and neither do Qunari, exactly, or the Twi'lek, but you just... you figure it out.

[tetractys]

UGH, IT'S NOT - I DON'T NEED HELP DISCOVERING IT, I DIDN'T BUILD ANY IN!

[neverjoinyou]

[Pause.]

You don't feel pleasure?

[tetractys]

[Bill, at least, looks resigned to this conversation rather than embarrassed or sorry for himself. He sticks his arms out.]

NOPE. I HAVE NOTHING!

[Second dimension citizens definitely had sex, but nobody ever accused it of being much fun, and Bill doesn't even have that much now. Pure energy.]

[neverjoinyou]

So... if nothing you do feels good... why d'you want to do it?

[tetractys]

LOOKS FUN! AND I LIKE HIM!

[neverjoinyou]

[Luke is so not trained for this.]

Okay. Look. I... I get that you want something you don't have, that sounds good. I just can't allow that kind of power for that reason. Not right now, anyway. There are plenty of people who don't have the parts others do. Or don't have... parts. If you like him, you'll figure out a way to have fun.

[tetractys]

LUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUKE...

[good argument bill]

[neverjoinyou]

A tip for next time you ask me to restore any of your powers--whining about it doesn't really shore up the argument that you're responsible and can be trusted.