[Thinking is a slippery notion right now, but fries are hot, salty, and delicious. Cassidy snacks on a couple more while Airy explains her reasoning.
He knows there's questions he ought to be asking. What happens on the days when he doesn't come home, because he got stoned and wandered out into the Wilds, or passed out at the arcade? Will she feel more betrayed any time he's with someone else, once they have a place together?
She'd have every right, if she did. That's part of what making a home together means. It's not like they'd just be roommates.
Fries are delicious. The view up here is lovely, and she's beautiful, and the whole world is shimmering like the surface of a bubble. If he says the wrong thing, he could be in danger of seeing it burst.]
No, right. I get it. Totally. I mean, I understand.
[Thing Number One is don't freak out, because if the trip goes bad, it'll only make things worse. Except that just thinking goes bad and make things worse stirs up enough dread to make it dangerously possible.]
Can I have some time to think about it, though? Only I'm still peakin' on these mushrooms and everythin' is a bit flimsy at the moment.
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He knows there's questions he ought to be asking. What happens on the days when he doesn't come home, because he got stoned and wandered out into the Wilds, or passed out at the arcade? Will she feel more betrayed any time he's with someone else, once they have a place together?
She'd have every right, if she did. That's part of what making a home together means. It's not like they'd just be roommates.
Fries are delicious. The view up here is lovely, and she's beautiful, and the whole world is shimmering like the surface of a bubble. If he says the wrong thing, he could be in danger of seeing it burst.]
No, right. I get it. Totally. I mean, I understand.
[Thing Number One is don't freak out, because if the trip goes bad, it'll only make things worse. Except that just thinking goes bad and make things worse stirs up enough dread to make it dangerously possible.]
Can I have some time to think about it, though? Only I'm still peakin' on these mushrooms and everythin' is a bit flimsy at the moment.