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Post by Adrian Veidt on Dec 19, 2019 18:33:16 GMT -5
Veidt's eyes briefly unfocused before he shut them tightly and sighed again. He leaned forward against the desk and clasped his own hands together.
"Okay. I apologise for this, but I don't think you realize... how you come off."
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Dec 19, 2019 18:34:11 GMT -5
"Yeah, gay. No shit. I know already."
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Dec 19, 2019 18:40:19 GMT -5
"No, it's that you present yourself as though you're inviting something. I suppose a man might be susceptible to that."
Veidt looked him over again, slower this time.
"You don't try to, though. Do you?"
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Dec 19, 2019 18:40:55 GMT -5
"I can't tell if you're hitting on me or not," he said testily.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Dec 19, 2019 18:45:56 GMT -5
"I'm not, I assure you," said Veidt, and he held up a hand in assurance of this point. "But-"
He sighed. "I know how it works, all right?"
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Dec 19, 2019 18:47:47 GMT -5
He tilted his head. Even that gesture inadvertently proved Veidt's point.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Dec 19, 2019 18:53:49 GMT -5
Veidt held his hand toward him to indicate that that there, that was what he meant, but he curled it back almost as quickly and tried to think of how he even wanted to say this.
"...so this is- that is to say, you're not trying to, right now, communicate interest?"
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Dec 19, 2019 18:55:25 GMT -5
"I'm glad you didn't fire me," he said, sounding a little tired, "but I wasn't trying to bribe you."
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Dec 19, 2019 18:56:31 GMT -5
"If I were your age, that's exactly what all of this would mean," Veidt retorted dryly. "You'll have to pardon my mistake."
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Dec 19, 2019 18:57:24 GMT -5
"I don't have to do anything," Adrien said defiantly.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Dec 19, 2019 18:58:02 GMT -5
"Then I'd like to apologise regardless."
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Dec 19, 2019 18:58:34 GMT -5
"Thank you," he demurred.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Dec 19, 2019 19:05:31 GMT -5
"I suppose we're all rather quick to smear others with the flaws we ourselves possess," Veidt said delicately.
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Dec 19, 2019 19:06:25 GMT -5
"Not me. I am flawless, and I don't see any flaws in others," said Adrien, very piously now.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Dec 19, 2019 19:11:01 GMT -5
Veidt laughed.
"Well, consider it for your own well-being, then, that I’m taking you out of there.”
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