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[monsterstoyou]

This is Father Vincent. Leave a message. I'll get back to you. I promise. Thanks so much.

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Re: private;

[monsterstoyou]

What makes you think I didn't trust you? I just said I did.

But paranoid people do generally think they're only realists. You can't fault me for asking questions, can you?

Re: private;

[ukan]

[He chuckles] Not at all. You keep me humble.

Re: private;

[monsterstoyou]

Now, now, no giving me credit for things I couldn't possibly manage. I'm pleased enough with our progress not to gild the lily.

Re: private;

[ukan]

Hey don't sell yourself short.

Re: private;

[monsterstoyou]

Not at all!

I just have little doubt your ego rears it's doggy head as soon as I'm out of a room.

[ He's smiling, though. Not the mean smile. The amused one. ]

Re: private;

[ukan]

Well I have to build up my self-esteem somehow, don't I?

Re: private;

[monsterstoyou]

Self-esteem and ego are two very different things. Linked, of course, but certainly not the same.

Re: private;

[ukan]

Oh I've never been able to separate the two.

Re: private;

[monsterstoyou]

Well, would you say that I deflate your feelings of your own worth or simply make you realize the flaws in your approaches?

Re: private;

[ukan]

The latter for sure.

Re: private;

[monsterstoyou]

Then I may deflate your ego but I do nothing to your self-esteem.

Re: private;

[ukan]

But my ego hurts. [He's whining playfully now]

Re: private;

[monsterstoyou]

Make sure your husband kisses it better when you visit home, then.

Re: private;

[ukan]

Oh he'd slap me upside the head. He's a very practical husband.

...You'd like him, I think. I think he'd like you which would honestly be a first, as far as my inmates and him go.

Re: private;

[monsterstoyou]

Well, he certainly sounds like someone I'd like.

Re: private;

[ukan]

He's a brat. I should ask, do you like brats?

Re: private;

[monsterstoyou]

What do you think?

Re: private;

[ukan]

I mean... there's Hanna...

Re: private;

[monsterstoyou]

Exactly. Excellently done.

Re: private;

[ukan]

Shut up, [Laughing] I pay some attention to your life.

Re: private;

[monsterstoyou]

I don't make that easy for anyone, even you. But I suppose it helps you two are friendly with one another.

Re: private;

[ukan]

That's all down to his weird charm.

Re: private;

[monsterstoyou]

Nothing all that weird about it. Rare, perhaps, but not terribly weird.

He was exasperated and delighted by the gift before he found out the second half. I don't think it will damage things between us, or I hope not, but I've been wrong before.

[ Like when he died. ]

Re: private;

[ukan]

I think he understands where your heart and your head were at when you did it. I don't think it will damage anything between you two; if it does it's just a fracture that can end up being mended into something stronger.

Re: private;

[monsterstoyou]

Well, at least I can never claim you're overly prosaic.

Anyway, I should leave you be. Or you can leave me be, however we care to frame it.