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[hackitude]

"Hey! You've reached Skye. Leave a message. I mean, if you want to. Or uh, don't. Whatever."

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[hackitude]

You know that conversation wasn't even 24 hours ago, right? Yes, I remember.

... Did something happen?

1/3

[corviform]

Oh, right...

2/3

[corviform]

[ He swallows nervously. ]

W-Well, I took your advice... and it seemed to work...?

3/3

[corviform]

But then... then when I asked about... about what was wrong...

[ A shuddering breath. ]

She started talking too fast and acting strange and then she screamed and shestartedsayingmorestrangethings!

[hackitude]

... Okay. First, I need you to take a deep breath for me. Or like. ... Five.

[corviform]

[ Alright, alright... he concedes and takes a deep breath.

And then another one. ]

[hackitude]

Okay. Great. Are you... good? Not about to have a heart attack? 'Cause... I'm totally not qualified to deal with that.

[corviform]

I am not! I-I'm fine!

[ MAYBE.

MAYBE NOT. ]

[hackitude]

[Raises

eyebrow]

1/2

[corviform]

[ He opens his mouth to argue... ]

2/2

[corviform]

[ ... and slumps over instead. ]

I'm no good at this...

[hackitude]

Yeah, you're probably going to burst a blood vessel before you're forty. It's true.

[corviform]

That's not what I mean!

[hackitude]

I know. I just thought it didn't bear responding to in the way you meant it. Most people aren't good at talking about their feelings.

[corviform]

I-It's not my...

[ Well, partly... but he's also dense and completely ill-equipped to deal with feelings. ]

Feelings...

[hackitude]

I dunno, man. You're getting pretty worked up. It sure sounds like you have a lot of feelings.

[corviform]

Because I'm surprised!

[hackitude]

Right. About... the things that your friend was saying?

[corviform]

She... she...

[ His tongue feels heavy and useless. ]

She said she...

[hackitude]

[Skye just waits patiently for him this time, not interjecting or making a funny quip. She brings her mug to her face and takes a sip, looking at Gil in what she hopes is an encouraging way. She doesn't want to prod him too hard, after all.]

[corviform]

[ He releases a heavy, exhausted sigh, shoulders falling once more. ]

She said she has feelings for me...

[ The hope the floor will swallow him from under has been present since his apartment in Maurtia Falls. ]

[hackitude]

...

Wow.

... Okay. That's. ... Unexpected.

[Skye at least is JUST enough of a good person to not tack on "Sort of" at the end of that sentence. Or say "I told you so." Or let even any variation of "HA I WAS RIGHT people should really stop doubting me and my awesome powers of deduction" show on her face.]

[corviform]

[ Gil buries his face into his hands. ]

I wasn't expecting it...

I don't understand at all...!

[hackitude]

Okay. Well. That's okay. Let's... skip over that part and come back to it later.

I think what's more important here is... how do you feel about her?

[corviform]

[ It doesn't matter how many times he gets asked this, it's always met with a wide-eyed stare and slight gape. ]

Sorry?