HANSA

[chanteuser]

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[chanteuser]

If anywhere can make it happen, somewhere that may or may not be influenced by our thoughts and perceptions would be a good place to try it out.

[ alex’s own thoughts and emotions seem to lean to something like uncertainty. like... it’s still being shocked ]

Just because you can doesn’t make it less unpleasant. Three quarters of you conducts electricity, doesn’t it? [ yikes ]

[robopriest]

You sure have a point. Well, it may be worth a try. Everyone would appreciate it.

[Again, that same emotion of it's no big deal, really, but it's not quite humbleness, though. Its more like her calling it out makes him want to just put it aside. Maybe because it just reminds him of his own mistake.]

It sure does. [A huff.] I fight things that can cause me a world of pain, Alex. It just comes with the territory.

[chanteuser]

... maybe it’d be more responsible if we all kinda wished for a door home first, though.

[ well. there’s certainly nothing accusatory in her emotions, or anything to suggest she’s holding some of grudge or blame over hansa’s head. weirdly, there’s almost a familiarity there —- like she understands what he’s saying well enough to be immediately concerned or exasperated by the idea. ]

Still. [ she’s still holding her pen so she gets a free pass for tapping him on the side of the head with it. take that rule 9. ] Just because it’s normal for you doesn’t mean people stop worrying.

[robopriest]

Wouldn't that be nice.

[He blinks at her tapping his cheek, glancing aside - its hard to decipher his feelings here, a mixture of a mildly exasperated feeling of its fine, some disconcerted emotion at being called out, and a mite of fondness, at the same time.]

...I guess. [He says, after a moment, finally glancing back at her.] I appreciate it, though. Thanks for looking out for me.

[chanteuser]

[ there's a whole lot of exasperation on her end, with a similar mix of -- well just something that's entirely the equivalent of "???" in emotional form, and fondness in there as well.

exhausting. ]

You're welcome. But I should probably be the one thanking you. Again. [ her challenge next week is to not do something that gets her injured, and ends with her being carried away by hansa. ]

[robopriest]

I don't want you to thank me when I got you hurt in the process, Alex.

[He smiles, but there's definitely an undertone of guilt, there.]

I'm always happy to help, though.

[chanteuser]

It is literally not your fault a bird somehow managed to spit a sword into my leg, y'know.

[ hansa? no. no guilt. she's tapping him in the side with the pen again because no. ]

[robopriest]

But its my fault that you got shocked...

[He puffs out his cheeks a little - let him feel guilty!!!!]

[chanteuser]

[ no!! ]

If you hadn't helped I'd have spent about an hour trying to get out of that house, what with all the birds. And snakes. And the fighting they were doing. [ while bleeding. she'd probably have just laid there and bled on the floor. ]

[robopriest]

[He's frowning, but he sort of looks like a pouting schoolboy.]

I have to take responsibility for causing trouble for you. [>:I] But I'm glad I could get you out of there, at least.

[chanteuser]

[ >:U ]

That's the main thing. I'm not holding a grudge, so there's no point in sulking about it.

[ just. just call a guy out for sulking, alex. ]

[robopriest]

I'm not sulking.

[He said, sulkily.]

[chanteuser]

You are so sulking.

[robopriest]

Am not.

[chanteuser]

You are!

[robopriest]

[>://////]

Shut up.

[chanteuser]

[ she just laughs. but it's happy, rather than mocking. ]

... Shutting up.

[ ... ]

Still, how was fighting an alligator? That's two weeks running you've got to beat up the local fauna, right?

[robopriest]

...Heh.

[His prior sulking eases back into soft amusement, mood improving especially with the mention of the reptile.]

I think it was a crocodile, but not sure. Honestly, it was pretty good. I'd be fine if it was a recurring experience.

[chanteuser]

[ sometimes all it takes to make a guy happy is to talk about that time he wrestled a crocodile in a swamp. who knew? ]

Even with the snakes swimming around? [ and the leeches. wow, the leeches. ]

You've managed it two weeks running. Who knows what next week'll bring?

[robopriest]

Eh, the snakes were annoying, but its hardly like there's a lot of flesh and bone to bite.

[He's just...a simple man.]

Maybe I'll fight a shark, next. That would be exciting.

[chanteuser]

[ she feels exhausted suddenly. enjoy that. ]

Please be careful when fighting a shark.

[ it's not even like she thinks he wouldn't. he absolutely would. if next week is beach week, hansa is fighting a shark. ]

[robopriest]

Haha! Don't worry! I'm very waterproof!

[THAT'S NOT THE CONCERN HERE, HANSA]

[chanteuser]

[ hrrrrrrrrrrrrffffffffffffffffffffffffffeeeeeee-- ]

Are you sharp tooth proof as well??

[robopriest]

Unless I meet a shark that can chomp through thick metal, I sure am.

[chanteuser]

If you were going to meet one anywhere, it'd probably be in this place.