dendroculi | [homophonic] catchall for lee rang

I'm not here to give you a lecture or anything.

[honestly kaveh is a grown adult, she's sure he's seen worse than a weird bitey kiss.]

I just wanted to see how you were doing. That was a little... chaotic.

...You sure are strange.

[SAY THANK U U PIECE OF SHIT FOX]

Aren't you feeling uncomfortable? Where's your partner?

{he looks around as if he can spot nahida's fated one,]

Hmm... probably in the museum, or with his teammates?

[she is not sure. she does seem a little fidgety, but... she shrugs.]

I'm experimenting with how long I can stay away before it gets really unbearable.

[Rang laughs, because of course this sounds like something Nahida would do? Then he pats the spot next to him, sit sit.]

And how long has it been so far? [because] Rin ended up hugging me after only a day.

[she takes a seat next to him!]

It's been about... a day and a half, I think? I was avoiding him yesterday morning because I didn't like feeling an urge to go somewhere without understanding why, but then I crossed paths with him in the museum by chance.

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And now you're trying to see if you can go longer.

[there's nothing remotely disapproving about it, even though he knows exactly how she must be feeling now.]

I asked Kiichi if the feeling would stop if I killed Rin. He said no.

[thanks rang]

[she nods, because that's exactly right. she wants to know the limits of what they can and can't put up with.]

Did you mean the question seriously, or were you just asking it to get a rise out of him?

[and repeating it to try to get a rise out of her...?]

I meant it seriously at the time, but not anymore.

[though she's not entirely wrong that he wanted to see her reaction? he flashes her his usual smile, if a little strained.]

I don't like feeling this way either, being drawn to someone against my will.

[looks at the mess on the mingle and laughs]

...I'm glad you're not serious about it anymore.

[she would have been very upset if rin dropped dead.]

Mm... I don't either. [a beat.] Is that part of why you were acting up earlier? Because this feeling bothers you?

[maybe rin will still drop dead heehee

at that Rang raises an eyebrow, then he looks away.]

No. I was annoyed at seeing Buzen have fun with Kaveh.

[they're literally red stringed]

[ ? ]

Why does that annoy you?

[he frowns at this question!!!! emotions are hard and he doesn't like deciphering them even though he knows the exact answer to this!!! he's only felt these feelings for literally two days and yet!!!]

Because Buzen is the type of spirit who loves everyone equally, which means he likes Kaveh just as much as he does me. But I only like Buzen, and I don't like Kaveh.

[there's something very unequal here and rang is not a fan of poly]

[nahida watches him calmly, even though kaveh is both her teammate and one of her people; she knows that not every person is going to get along with every other person. (even if she thinks kaveh is pretty great.)]

So... if you like someone, you don't think they should spend time with people you don't like? [...] Am I understanding that correctly?

That's right. It's annoying.

[get therapy rang]

Isn't it exhausting to be constantly monitoring the people you like to see if they're spending time with people you don't...

[hmph... maybe so]

If they really liked me, then they'd know not to do it in the first place.

What about if someone who likes you doesn't like someone you like? Are you supposed to not spend time with that person, then?

[there's like a beat where he's trying to imagine this scenario,]

I suppose? It's never happened to me before... I'd probably be happy to just spend time with them.

[she tilts her head to one side. maybe he's struggling to imagine it because it's a little too hypothetical...]

So if... Count D liked you, but he didn't like Buzen, you would be happy to just spend time with Count D and never see Buzen again?

[

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Why are we talking about this again?

Hehe. I was just curious about the thought process there. I've kind of encountered it before, but... one of my friends really doesn't like my assistant, but she stopped telling me to stay away from them pretty quickly. So I didn't get to understand it well before she gave up trying to convince me.

[IS THIS ABOUT SCARAMOUCHE]

She probably gave up because you're so hard-headed. [RUDE?] Have you ever listened to anyone before?

[yes. lmao]

...I'm not that hard-headed!

So you admit that you are, just a little?

...I guess so.

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