[ alhaitham replies dryly, resisting the churlish urge to roll his eyes at the laundry list of flaws that kaveh is trotting out. ]
But, yes - you just quite elegantly demonstrated exactly why I said this is impossible. Let's posit for a moment you're in love with someone. You then try to convince them it's a truth by elucidating all the flaws you think they have?
[ his tone is measured but there's a certain feeling of hurt edging the sides - like this wasn't the right time to drag his character down. it wasn't like things said in the heat of their frequent arguments, but rather, stated clearly in a completely different context. for someone as confident in himself as alhaitham was, it strangely had a hurtful effect. ]
Is that how you seduce all these patrons at the tavern? I can't argue with your success rate, but I must say I'm surprised that's how people approach dating these days.
[ even someone with relative emotional fluency would be experiencing whiplash in the situation, let alone alhaitham, who only has fact to go on. and this is where he remains detached, because all this sounds like to him is drunken rambling; like kaveh is trying to explain away something he doesn't remotely want and trying to escape from it.
like the very concept of loving someone like him is a concept to convince himself out of.
the scribe sighs - he's tired of the back and forth; the emotional outlay. it's too much, and he doesn't get it. ]
You're drunk. Since it's abundantly clear what you think of my character, I'm sure none of this was said with intention, so I'll consider it water under the bridge. [ alhaitham states plainly, the words being said but only distantly registering. ] I'm not taking responsibility for the door, though.
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[ alhaitham replies dryly, resisting the churlish urge to roll his eyes at the laundry list of flaws that kaveh is trotting out. ]
But, yes - you just quite elegantly demonstrated exactly why I said this is impossible. Let's posit for a moment you're in love with someone. You then try to convince them it's a truth by elucidating all the flaws you think they have?
[ his tone is measured but there's a certain feeling of hurt edging the sides - like this wasn't the right time to drag his character down. it wasn't like things said in the heat of their frequent arguments, but rather, stated clearly in a completely different context. for someone as confident in himself as alhaitham was, it strangely had a hurtful effect. ]
Is that how you seduce all these patrons at the tavern? I can't argue with your success rate, but I must say I'm surprised that's how people approach dating these days.
[ even someone with relative emotional fluency would be experiencing whiplash in the situation, let alone alhaitham, who only has fact to go on. and this is where he remains detached, because all this sounds like to him is drunken rambling; like kaveh is trying to explain away something he doesn't remotely want and trying to escape from it.
like the very concept of loving someone like him is a concept to convince himself out of.
the scribe sighs - he's tired of the back and forth; the emotional outlay. it's too much, and he doesn't get it. ]
You're drunk. Since it's abundantly clear what you think of my character, I'm sure none of this was said with intention, so I'll consider it water under the bridge. [ alhaitham states plainly, the words being said but only distantly registering. ] I'm not taking responsibility for the door, though.