[ It’s a statement, not a question for her to rebut. His hand feels cold after the extended time it was.. permitted to hold hers. Much like Cadence, Clay uses the moment of “weakness” (it isn’t weak to feel emotion, you flighty mermaid) to try and drive something meaningful into their relationship— which he is still trying to define. As used to difficult and political conversations as he was, it was always particularly painstaking to try and probe without making her scoff, stalk out of his life, and try to ghost him (again). That coffee shop run-in was a marvelous twist of fate given a city of 18 million folks. ]
You must really enjoy this show, then. I don’t think I’ve ever seen you so affected by something.
[ A pause, brief, but he dials it back a little bit so she doesn’t try to snap at him. The game he plays with her is starting to have rules defined: he bats, she catches it and throws it back harder, but he softballs back, to make her stop being so aggressive. It’s a cat-and-mouse situation he’s learned to try to keep up with her guarded, biting personality, without making her decide to stop playing.
He still isn’t sure when exactly he decided he would do what he must to keep her playing. ]
And if it is one of your favorites, I can see why you’d be hypercritical of performances.
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[ It’s a statement, not a question for her to rebut. His hand feels cold after the extended time it was.. permitted to hold hers. Much like Cadence, Clay uses the moment of “weakness” (
it isn’t weak to feel emotion, you flighty mermaid) to try and drive something meaningful into their relationship— which he is still trying to define. As used to difficult and political conversations as he was, it was always particularly painstaking to try and probe without making her scoff, stalk out of his life, and try to ghost him (again). That coffee shop run-in was a marvelous twist of fate given a city of 18 million folks. ]You must really enjoy this show, then. I don’t think I’ve ever seen you so affected by something.
[ A pause, brief, but he dials it back a little bit so she doesn’t try to snap at him. The game he plays with her is starting to have rules defined: he bats, she catches it and throws it back harder, but he softballs back, to make her stop being so aggressive. It’s a cat-and-mouse situation he’s learned to try to keep up with her guarded, biting personality, without making her decide to stop playing.
He still isn’t sure when exactly he decided he would do what he must to keep her playing. ]
And if it is one of your favorites, I can see why you’d be hypercritical of performances.