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[dendarii]

"This is Miles. Leave a message and I'll respond to you at my earliest convenience."

The line has gone silent; any messages sent to this name only return an error.

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[failureisntachoice]

[ She waves the gratitude off. ]

Part of the job. Even if it wasn't, I'd want to be there. I'm not a fan of sitting around on my hands.

[dendarii]

I can still be grateful. You did your job well.

[failureisntachoice]

Thanks. You did yours well too. [ A beat before she adds with a small, teasing smile, ] Barring a couple of hiccups.

[dendarii]

Which happened to involve the entirety of my involvement in the field, huh ...

[failureisntachoice]

Yeah, but everything leading up to it was good work. Try not to freak your friend out next time, sounds like he scares easily.

[dendarii]

Apparently so. I clearly didn't know him well enough.

[failureisntachoice]

How long have you known him? I got the impression he was a recent arrival.

[dendarii]

Very recent, yes. I suppose it's been a month at this point? Three weeks?

[failureisntachoice]

Were you drawn out by his open invitation to fight anything that breathed?

[dendarii]

Of course.

[failureisntachoice]

[ She looks him over. ] How many bones did you break?

[dendarii]

None, in fact. I convinced him to have lunch with me instead - and we worked out his aggressions over chess.

[failureisntachoice]

Seems to be a trend of yours. [ Not that she really cares, she's more curious than anything else. ] How serious are you two?

[dendarii]

[ Ah ... Miles sags instantly at that. ]

I didn't propose, if that's what you're asking. But I might as well have from the way he reacted.

[failureisntachoice]

[ She frowns, her gaze flickering towards the covered hickeys. That hadn't looked like it ended poorly. ]

What the hell happened?

[dendarii]

[ He waves vaguely at his plate of crepes. ]

What do you think? We had sex, I got too serious. I'm always too serious.

[failureisntachoice]

How were you too serious after sex if you didn't propose?

[dendarii]

I don't know. I didn't even recommend anything particular, just to call it something.

[failureisntachoice]

[ She snorts. ] Call it what? Dating?

[ She hopes if proposing wasn't on the table, the label of 'soulmates' wasn't too. ]

[dendarii]

Yes, that was my exact thought. Dating, at least. Perhaps "boyfriend" or something along those lines.

[failureisntachoice]

So let me get this straight. You had sex and then you asked him to go steady and he what? Ran away?

[dendarii]

Basically that. Yes.

[failureisntachoice]

[ Wait, she guessed that right? ] ...You're joking.

[dendarii]

He left in a hurry afterwards.

[failureisntachoice]

He didn't even stay to talk?