The next time I'm out in public, you can rest assured that I am wearing these socks. [of course the next time she'll be dead, but he will also wear them after that!]
[looks at her with an expression like "i have just enough social graces hobbled together with string and chewing gum to realize that i'm not supposed to say 'but he was wrong, though' but it is losing structural integrity by the second."]
[siiiiiighs, because trying to be a decent one for Fio and Undine is difficult when this whole being a functional adult thing seems fake. and she's still very much in denial about Undine.]
Guess I'll just keep making questionable choices then. What's the worst that can happen.
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long silent pause.]
... Heh. Hehehehe.
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They're couple socks. [chosen since it wouldn't interfere with his whole getup and she doubted Skulduggery would wear tie-dye anything else.]
Do... you like them?
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Try them on.
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puts one of the socks on his hand.]
There. It fits.
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[beat]
I'm not taking off my shoes. [that's it that's literally the sole issue]
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Are they stinky?
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... In front of you.
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[pause] ... Are they neat? Like not feety foots? [can't think of another reason to be foot shy.]
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sighs]
The next time I'm out in public, you can rest assured that I am wearing these socks. [of course the next time she'll be dead, but he will also wear them after that!]
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turns back around, since she figures he's not defooting in her presence anyway.]
I was talking... ugh, arguing. With some of the others and it's gotten- [annoyed puff of air. trying not to get off track.]
Do you think I'm foolish, for wanting to be your friend?
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[...]
Though that is rather more about me than it is about you.
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Besides, people thought my father was foolish too. And look where that got him.
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... Dead...?
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Well, yeah. Discredited and ostracized from the scientific community for theories that nobody else wanted to accept.
But I thought he was brilliant. And he taught me to pursue what you believe in, even when everyone else thinks you're... wrong.
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Guess I'll just keep making questionable choices then. What's the worst that can happen.
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If I must die, I rather do so knowing that I lived by my principles. And that includes annoying you as much as I possibly can in the meantime.
... [smile]
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