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Post by Adrian Veidt on Jul 6, 2015 16:07:27 GMT -5
"He doesn't talk about you," Adrian sighed. "He's more concerned with cultural matters, things of that sort. Trying to make sense of the world he's rather ignorantly thrust himself into."
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Post by Teja on Jul 6, 2015 16:11:07 GMT -5
"I can tell you're not telling the truth," she said reluctantly. "But he has the right to his privacy, doesn't he."
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Jul 6, 2015 16:11:49 GMT -5
"Why would I lie to you?"
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Post by Teja on Jul 6, 2015 16:13:12 GMT -5
"To protect him? To protect me?"
Maybe he didn't talk about her, and admitting that hurt was too hard for her.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Jul 6, 2015 16:17:17 GMT -5
Adrian pinched the bridge of his nose. It would be better for her in the end if he just told her the truth, but...
"Teja, he rarely even mentions you. I'm sorry. I suppose he doesn't want my interference there."
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Post by Teja on Jul 6, 2015 16:21:15 GMT -5
"I - I guess," she said, jittery.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Jul 6, 2015 17:49:44 GMT -5
"Will you be all right?"
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Post by Teja on Jul 6, 2015 18:03:59 GMT -5
"I can go, if you want."
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Jul 6, 2015 18:15:03 GMT -5
"No, no. I appreciate your company. It's been... trying here, lately."
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Post by Teja on Jul 6, 2015 18:17:48 GMT -5
"Oh-?" she asked coaxingly.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Jul 6, 2015 18:30:34 GMT -5
"Between Curt's drinking, Megan's death wish and Dan deciding that the latter is his fault, it's shaping up to be a disaster around here. I should have limited the guest list to Nina and Dr. Banner-"
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Post by Teja on Jul 6, 2015 18:34:11 GMT -5
"I'm so sorry," said Teja, in a bit of a hush, though not intentionally. "I can see you pinching yourself from all the way over in New York."
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Jul 6, 2015 18:36:44 GMT -5
"...I hadn't even realized I was doing it," he said, pulling his hand away and looking at it with a soft laugh.
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Post by Teja on Jul 6, 2015 18:43:03 GMT -5
She was so taken off guard by this that she started laughing. "It was - just a guess. You do it whenever you seem especially tense-"
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Jul 6, 2015 18:44:06 GMT -5
"It does wonders for staving off a headache."
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