[ Maddy can't help but be pleased when he says it's hard to argue with her. With only a hint of smugness: ] Yeah. I know. [ If there's one thing she knows she's good at it, it's getting her way. ]
Oh my God, yay! Thank you!
[ You can pretty much hear the happy little bounce on the other end. Even the stinging pain in her wound is briefly forgotten in her delight. She does hiss quietly though, a reminder that she's still wounded.
But she gets quieter and more subdued when he does too. ]
Mmmm. Yeah. It's like, without caring about other people, and loving other people, what's even the point? [ Maddy has never been ambitious in terms of having her own career. She doesn't seek a "purpose" in life the way some people do. She likes the finer things in life, sure. She likes to party, she likes to have fun. But... ]
Sometimes I forget that. Or it's like, I try to. When you care about people, you can get hurt. When they get hurt. Or when they hurt you. [ She doesn't think Levi is beyond getting hurt. She doesn't think anybody is. ]
You're right, though. That's what makes us [ she almost says "human", but then she thinks about K, who isn't human ] people.
Don't get hurt out there, okay? Otherwise, I'll be sad.
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Date: 2023-10-05 02:55 am (UTC)Oh my God, yay! Thank you!
[ You can pretty much hear the happy little bounce on the other end. Even the stinging pain in her wound is briefly forgotten in her delight. She does hiss quietly though, a reminder that she's still wounded.
But she gets quieter and more subdued when he does too. ]
Mmmm. Yeah. It's like, without caring about other people, and loving other people, what's even the point? [ Maddy has never been ambitious in terms of having her own career. She doesn't seek a "purpose" in life the way some people do. She likes the finer things in life, sure. She likes to party, she likes to have fun. But... ]
Sometimes I forget that. Or it's like, I try to. When you care about people, you can get hurt. When they get hurt. Or when they hurt you. [ She doesn't think Levi is beyond getting hurt. She doesn't think anybody is. ]
You're right, though. That's what makes us [ she almost says "human", but then she thinks about K, who isn't human ] people.
Don't get hurt out there, okay? Otherwise, I'll be sad.