It might not 'matter' here, but it still happened.
[ Mydei's voice is gentler when he speaks; not because he's empathizing with Phainon but because he understands, to some degree, what (or rather who) she is missing.
It's hard to imagine being here alone. It's even harder to imagine being here alone while people he knows fight like fools. ]
It is also easy to worry after him and not address others, either.
[ His circuitous way of offering to talk about it, if she wants. ]
[ The server comes at the perfect time, then, bringing them their drinks and giving Cipher time to take a sip (it's tasty. creamy) and think about what she wants to say - or, what she doesn't want to say. ]
I know. [ That it happened, that it's impossible to completely ignore that it happened. Especially for Phainon. And that it's easy to focus on him, the one who's been the center of everything. Their Delivered. The golden child. Aglaea's golden child.
Cipher swallows down another mouthful of the drink. It burns going down this time, too much. ]
And I'm not worrying about him! I offered him some wise ass words of wisdom, and if he doesn't want to listen, then so be it. He has to figure his own shit out, without getting us caught in the crossfire. Especially you!
[ It's still not easy for her to talk about it, that longing ever present in her heart, so she deflects as always. ]
[ He takes a sip of his drink as well as she speaks. It's sour, tart and precisely what he needs right now. He makes at face at her as she tells him to be more mad. ]
I am mad. Just because I know why doesn't mean I'm not angry at him. Until he shows his face around me again, I will remain so.
[ He's been giving Phainon his space, but he'll hunt him down eventually. ]
[ She asked- she told Phainon point-blank that she thought Mydei was blowing his back out and Phainon said no. She knows something happened at the ice rink between the two, but she doesn't know what. Because then he'd started getting all cagey and she'd gotten annoyed. ]
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Date: 2026-01-31 01:52 am (UTC)[ Mydei's voice is gentler when he speaks; not because he's empathizing with Phainon but because he understands, to some degree, what (or rather who) she is missing.
It's hard to imagine being here alone. It's even harder to imagine being here alone while people he knows fight like fools. ]
It is also easy to worry after him and not address others, either.
[ His circuitous way of offering to talk about it, if she wants. ]
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Date: 2026-02-02 02:40 am (UTC)I know. [ That it happened, that it's impossible to completely ignore that it happened. Especially for Phainon. And that it's easy to focus on him, the one who's been the center of everything. Their Delivered. The golden child. Aglaea's golden child.
Cipher swallows down another mouthful of the drink. It burns going down this time, too much. ]
And I'm not worrying about him! I offered him some wise ass words of wisdom, and if he doesn't want to listen, then so be it. He has to figure his own shit out, without getting us caught in the crossfire. Especially you!
[ It's still not easy for her to talk about it, that longing ever present in her heart, so she deflects as always. ]
Be more mad at him!
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Date: 2026-02-02 02:47 am (UTC)I am mad. Just because I know why doesn't mean I'm not angry at him. Until he shows his face around me again, I will remain so.
[ He's been giving Phainon his space, but he'll hunt him down eventually. ]
He is being cowardly.
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Date: 2026-02-02 03:06 am (UTC)[ Show him that he's worthy of this, she doesn't say. It's okay for him to want and feel good. ]
I'm gonna crash out if you two haven't banged by the next time I see you.
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Date: 2026-03-05 08:35 pm (UTC)He could lie, not that he likes to make a habit of it, but settles on: ]
Define "banging".
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Date: 2026-03-06 02:02 am (UTC)Dick in ass.
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Date: 2026-03-06 02:10 am (UTC)[ There's so much unsaid in that. ]