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[holyposition]

You don't seem different. Maybe after a close inspection, but for now, I think you're off the hook.

Most of us weren't here this time last year. I guess I should have expected it.

[mygoodsir]

Good. I've not actually experienced any naked magic.

I suppose.
We're fools, aren't we? For wanting people to be better.

[holyposition]

Oh! I thought that's what your get together was for.

No, I don't think so. The wounds are still fresh, it was stressful on all of us. He's bothering me for unrelated reasons.

[mygoodsir]

Ah, we've been delayed.

What do you mean?

[holyposition]

Everything okay?

He's doing something with Hawk. I don't know the details, I don't want to, but I know it started at the commune, so his judgement's even worse than mine.

[mygoodsir]

Oh, yes. Quite good, actually.

Something sexual?

[holyposition]

Good :)

Yeah

[mygoodsir]

And it bothers you. Why?

[holyposition]

Because watching him melt down publicly after everyone finds out he's been with Danny and deciding "I want that" tells me that the man most capable of blowing up the manor also has really bad judgment. That should concern everyone.

[mygoodsir]

So you're concerned about Bob's taste in men.

Not upset that Hawk is off doing whatever he does.

[holyposition]

When Hawk hurts him for one reason or another, we'll all get nuked. It's a bad idea.

He's still mad I went to that Otherworld party. I get to be annoyed back.

[mygoodsir]

Is his control really so bad that a lover's quarrel will cause widespread destruction? (I know what a 'nuke' is.)

Is he really? I shall speak to him.

[holyposition]

He said so himself during the games.

Is that necessary? Then he'll just know I'm talking about him.

[mygoodsir]

I'm not certain I remember that exact defense.

Well. No. Not if you don't want me to.

You should probably tell me if you don't wish for me to have relations with him.

[holyposition]

with Hawk??? why would you be having relations with hawk???

[mygoodsir]

Because I had been for weeks before the wolves? You know that.

[holyposition]

Before, I knew that.

[mygoodsir]

Tim, don't be cross, I'm asking because I don't know the rules to this sort of thing. If you say I am not to see him, I won't. It's that simple.

[holyposition]

I'm not mad. But I need you to be on my side, not pushing me back together with him.

I let him take me for coffee. That's bad enough!

[mygoodsir]

I don't understand how my having sex with him would do that, but alright. I AM on your side, Tim.

Did he behave?

[holyposition]

Because it makes people more affectionate and less reasonable. I've been there.

Yeah, he did. We just talked.

[mygoodsir]

I don't understand, but I don't have to. I will not engage in relations with him.

Did it help assure you that you are finished with him?

[holyposition]

Thank you.

it didn't help.

[mygoodsir]

You miss him?

[holyposition]

I've loved him for six years. It's been what, six weeks? Of course I do.