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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]

That's all Jim would be, he's said it himself.

[dendarii]

[ Ah. That sends a sudden spike of cold through him. ]

That's - different.

[failureisntachoice]

[ She snorts. ] How the hell is it different?

[dendarii]

I'm not ... using him. Exactly. He wouldn't be the slightest bit crushed by me refusing to sleep with him again.

[ Wrong and probably wrong. ]

[failureisntachoice]

And what about you in all of this? I didn't think you were the type just looking to get laid.

[dendarii]

I'm not. I don't really do casual at all.

[failureisntachoice]

Then let me get this straight.

[ And she'll speak a little slowly because she wants to make sure she's following his 'logic.' ]

Jim's told you he doesn't want to be your boyfriend. You don't want to do any flings or be nothing to someone. So your solution is to sleep with Jim if he decides to proposition you again regardless of whether or not he wants to date you?

[dendarii]

... When you put it like that, it sounds stupid.

[failureisntachoice]

I'm saying what I hear.

[dendarii]

[ Miles just sighs. ]

Haven't you ever been in a similar situation?

[failureisntachoice]

I've told you about what I currently have at home and you're the only other one besides that. So no, can't say that I have.

[dendarii]

... Really? That's all you've had? Church and me?

[failureisntachoice]

Personally? Yeah. Leonard wasn't Allison's first, but I couldn't exactly get those memories.

[dendarii]

And even if you had, I'd be more inclined to say they don't count.

[ That particular bit of philosophy really isn't up to him though. He shrugs. ]

You really ought to branch out, you know.

[failureisntachoice]

They'd count more than nothing.

[ But hardly the same as experiencing it herself. ]

There's one guy maybe, but he's caught up in his own pile of bullshit with our new friends.

[dendarii]

Who is it? Do I know him?

[ Genuine curiosity that. ]

[failureisntachoice]

[ She shakes her head. ]

Doubt it, unless you've run into him at the seminars. He wasn't on the sub with us. His name's Rick.

[dendarii]

... No, it's not ringing a bell.

[failureisntachoice]

He's a good guy.

[ Among other things. But she's not sure how much he really wants to hear about that and busies herself with eating to give her a good excuse to not continue that thought. ]

[dendarii]

I believe it. And I'd hope so. What's he like?

[ Still truly just curious. The intervening weeks since their breakup have done a lot to soften the edge of his hurt. ]

[failureisntachoice]

[ She eyes Miles for a moment before deciding his question is sincere. She can't help but smile as she thinks of Rick even after the man's aggressive display at the seminar not too long ago. ]

Goofy, smart, capable... Where he's from, he's been surviving through a zombie apocalypse with his kids. [ Though it's clear from her tone him being a survivor is far more attractive than the kids part. ] He's from pre-space travel Earth.

[dendarii]

[ Ah, that is still a lovely expression on her. A faint spike of jealousy - which he keeps well away from his expression - before he decides to be happy for her instead.

... Also, uh. Wait. Did she just say ... ]

Zombie apocalypse? What is that?

[failureisntachoice]

[ She gives him a weird look. ]

What, you've never heard the term before? It's when the dead start coming to live to hunt down the living. There's a lot of bullshit movies and stories about them where I'm from and around here, too.

[dendarii]

... Never seen any. Didn't even realize such things existed, much less that it was a trope.

[failureisntachoice]

They're not bad unless you live it. [ She shrugs. That type of media had lost its appeal once she realized there were people here who had to deal with it. ]

Being here is practically a vacation for him. Minus his current accommodations during this.