[HE'LL UN-FALL IF ALHAITHAM DOESN'T BEHAVE!!! Emotionally jetpack right back outta there!!! (He will not)]
If I'd known he was coming, I wouldn't have come this far out... I'm sure Setaria would understand, but with the standstorm about to kick up, it'll be difficult to make it back sooner than planned...
[A pause, as Kaveh mulls over his options--but he doesn't want to keep them waiting, so quickly enough--]
I'll figure something out. Tell him I'll be back as soon as I can.
It's not a big deal! I'll just wrap up here faster than planned and head back sooner. I can come back when he's gone and work with what I have until then.
[He said!! He'd be quick!!! GOD it's not like there's a 75% chance he'd get caught up helping someone else out and then wind up having to shelter in a cave alone somewhere and take even longer getting back]
Fine, but only if you promise to look after him. Like a good host.
[Vash may not need supervision, but that doesn't mean he should be left by himself!! Which is kind of what he'd expected Alhaitham to do, so it gives him pause when he sees what Alhaitham's written. Oh.
...Well... he's still annoyed about their little tiff earlier, and he certainly doesn't like being backed into a corner--but spending unplanned time with Vash is an undeniably nice gesture on Alhaitham's part. Kaveh knows Alhaitham doesn't dislike Vash or Wolfwood--he would've made it clear if he did, Kaveh is sure--but that's very different from disrupting your plans for the day just to accommodate someone you've only met a few times.
Alhaitham really did learn a few things from his coup buddies, didn't he... amazing...]
Well, good. [He's still too annoyed to say a proper "thank you," but this is close enough.] I'll pick up some Ajilenakh Nuts from the village on the way back, later.
And don't tell him any embarrassing stories about me!
[ His people he nods at on the street have nothing to do with it. If Kaveh asks about it later, Alhaitham's answer will be unsurprising: The trouble of bringing Vash along on my errands is preferable to the trouble you'd cause me if I didn't.
Being in love with someone and trying to make amends after an argument with them helps too. Kaveh is the only one who could make Alhaitham put up with other people for longer than he has to. ]
Seems like he has some stories of his own. You'll have to tell me what a "pillow fort" is later.
[Little does Alhaitham know he has earned himself a golden retriever that will loudly yell his name and wave at him regardless of his headphones or his attitude. Like Kaveh, but cuter.]
A what? [Give him a second to think, that was so long ago--] Oh yes, that. It wasn't anything grand, just an exercise in structural stability. [That's not what pillow forts are for] Admittedly, it was fun. We didn't even do that sort of thing in my entry-level courses.
[Which he understands, in a way, although he himself tries to incorporate fun and stoke passion in his own students, but. That's a rant for another day, one Alhaitham has heard many times before.]
No, although given the sorts of ridiculous tasks we were made to endure, it wouldn't have seemed an unusual order. I would've vastly preferred that to rude swords and pits full of slugs. [SOMETIMES... MINI-EVENTS HAPPEN.] But in this case, it was just something he wanted to do in our off time. That was shortly after we met, come to think of it.
Ugh, don't even get me started. [He says, starting anyway--] Remember those tasks I told you about? The ones we'd do during the week? Well, one of them was this terrible maze... I think we were looking for treasure? Or a map? Something like that. I was with Shu, Netzach, and Wolfwood--I've mentioned Netzach, right? Anyway, at one point I fell in a pit of slugs, which was incredibly disgusting, let me tell you. Later on, we ran into this sword that was stuck in a stone, but for some reason, it could talk? But it just insulted us, so we left it. Rather, Wolfwood iced it over, and then we left.
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Don't sass your seniors
[Or, more importantly, your BOYFRIEND but he doesn't say that]
Did he say why he's here? Did you let him in? Is he still with you?
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Yes to all three.
He just came for an unannounced visit.
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If I'd known he was coming, I wouldn't have come this far out... I'm sure Setaria would understand, but with the standstorm about to kick up, it'll be difficult to make it back sooner than planned...
[A pause, as Kaveh mulls over his options--but he doesn't want to keep them waiting, so quickly enough--]
I'll figure something out. Tell him I'll be back as soon as I can.
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[ They have cell phones! There's no excuse!!! ]
Plan the next visit and meet with him then. I'll tell him there's a storm and you won't be in today.
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[He said!! He'd be quick!!! GOD it's not like there's a 75% chance he'd get caught up helping someone else out and then wind up having to shelter in a cave alone somewhere and take even longer getting back]
Fine, but only if you promise to look after him. Like a good host.
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also (wolfwood voice) vash is a grown ass man ]
Vash doesn't need supervision, but I knew you would ask for something like that.
He and I will be heading to the House of Daena shortly.
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...Well... he's still annoyed about their little tiff earlier, and he certainly doesn't like being backed into a corner--but spending unplanned time with Vash is an undeniably nice gesture on Alhaitham's part. Kaveh knows Alhaitham doesn't dislike Vash or Wolfwood--he would've made it clear if he did, Kaveh is sure--but that's very different from disrupting your plans for the day just to accommodate someone you've only met a few times.
Alhaitham really did learn a few things from his coup buddies, didn't he... amazing...]
Well, good. [He's still too annoyed to say a proper "thank you," but this is close enough.] I'll pick up some Ajilenakh Nuts from the village on the way back, later.
And don't tell him any embarrassing stories about me!
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Being in love with someone and trying to make amends after an argument with them helps too. Kaveh is the only one who could make Alhaitham put up with other people for longer than he has to. ]
Seems like he has some stories of his own.
You'll have to tell me what a "pillow fort" is later.
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A what? [Give him a second to think, that was so long ago--] Oh yes, that. It wasn't anything grand, just an exercise in structural stability. [That's not what pillow forts are for] Admittedly, it was fun. We didn't even do that sort of thing in my entry-level courses.
[Which he understands, in a way, although he himself tries to incorporate fun and stoke passion in his own students, but. That's a rant for another day, one Alhaitham has heard many times before.]
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You were required to do this as part of the game?
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No, although given the sorts of ridiculous tasks we were made to endure, it wouldn't have seemed an unusual order. I would've vastly preferred that to rude swords and pits full of slugs. [SOMETIMES... MINI-EVENTS HAPPEN.] But in this case, it was just something he wanted to do in our off time. That was shortly after we met, come to think of it.
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Rude swords?
Slugs?
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[He didn't even mention the pie]
I'm sure you can understand I would've rather built a fort out of toothpicks than deal with that insanity.
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I see. All of that is about as plausible as everything else you've told me about this game, so I'll take your word for it.
It is unfortunate that I wasn't there to see you fall into the pit.
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