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[whitewalls]

a meme will go here

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[nonbelligerent]

Would Axel disagree?

[whitewalls]

[ she seems to think about it for a moment ]

Nope.

[nonbelligerent]

[a pause, and then because he (jan) just remembered—]

You were the one who made a bet with Minato, weren't you?

[whitewalls]

[ she has made more than one, but ]

Oh. Yes, I am.

[nonbelligerent]

Please do not make another one that could endanger his life again.

[whitewalls]

... someone already beat you to telling me that.

[nonbelligerent]

Is that so?

It's not entirely your doing. Minato is old enough that he should know better. Still, can I ask why you even made that bet to begin with?

[whitewalls]

We were talking and it just came up? The winner would just get a favor.

[ there wasn't any real particular reason for it, except maybe minato trying to avoid eating soup but she doesn't know that. ]

[nonbelligerent]

What exactly were you expecting from him ingesting only coffee?

[that bet was going to end in death????]

[whitewalls]

[ ... ]

You can just call me stupid, you know. You don't have to toe around it.

[nonbelligerent]

[he tilts his head.]

I don't think it was stupid, per se, but ill-thought out. And even the most clever of people are allowed a few poor decisions.

But I do hope, at least, you realize why that wasn't a great bet.

[whitewalls]

Don't worry. It won't happen again.

[ she waits to see if he's going to scold her some more. ]

[nonbelligerent]

[...]

It was not my intention to lecture you. My apologies if it came off that way.

[whitewalls]

It's fine.

It makes me a little happy, since it shows there's a lot of people who care about Minato.

[nonbelligerent]

[hmmmmm]

You don't think much of yourself, do you?

[whitewalls]

It's not that...

[ it actually is also that, but she's not going to admit it ]

If you care about someone, it's nice to know that they're being cared for by others. So even if you're not around anymore, you know that things can still be okay for those you left behind.

[nonbelligerent]

I didn't quite mean in that way, but I suppose you're not wrong.

[whitewalls]

[ there's a pause... and then she just sighs ]

Sorry. I don't normally deal with this many people at once, and usually when I do it's in... very specific situations. I'm still getting used to all of this.

[nonbelligerent]

No need to apologize. It's understandable that this would be difficult.

[whitewalls]

It's nice learning though. Even if it doesn't come easy right away, making mistakes is... human, I think.

[ ... ]

Metaphorically speaking.

[ there are so many non-humans here and two in this thread ]

[nonbelligerent]

[he laughs silently.]

Metaphorically, yes.

Learning these things is all a part of growing.

[whitewalls]

Even when you're already grownup?

[ some people here are

old ]

[nonbelligerent]

Do you want to know a secret? I'm not grownup.

[this is not actually a secret.]

[whitewalls]

I'll make sure not to tell anyone.

[ she makes a zipped lips motion with her hand ]

[nonbelligerent]

[he smiles, and then just. pats her head because that's easier than writing something down.]