It didn't keep me up at night or anything, these comas apparently happen all the time. But yes, I had some concerns. Especially surrounding how long it lasted.
Agreed. My worry was just more directed towards how you'd handle waking up. Two months of lost time is significant, especially in a place where the state of things and people changes so quickly.
And I know what it's like to be gone and feel like at best no one cares. You'd never mentioned any other friends or partners, so I didn't want you to wake up thinking that.
Worrying about whether or not they'd wake up feeling alone is more than most people would afford a relative stranger.
I'm not complaining. You'd know if I was.
[ he is, if nothing else, pretty good at setting boundaries. and maybe if it'd been more frequent than once a week he might have drawn a line, but kazu struck a good enough balance between "wow this is a lot" and "TOO MUCH". ]
Generally speaking people have been so much nicer here that it seemed suspicious to us at first. I know now there are some jerks around, but overwhelmingly everyone I met when I first arrived was either friendly or helpful to the point it was weird.
I don't have to be an asshole to not be a people person.
I still think it's suspicious. The way people around here are. But from where I'm standing it looks like you and yours have made yourselves quite at home already.
I'm not claiming you are, really. Just saying you aren't actively hostile, which puts you ahead of most people from our home even if not all the way to outgoing.
...not only do I have no choice in adapting, but the folks I've begun to trust have proven themselves. And who is mine besides Val, anyway?
No choice is just a matter of how stubborn you are.
[ and wash might slightly be talking to himself here, because among the many things he's starting to come to a grips with since waking up, is that south is here starting to settle in and build something for herself again, and wash is. uh. not doing that. because he's a horrifically stubborn bastard who still hasn't quite accepted that he has to live here. ]
Stubbornness won't change that I'm never going home, Wash. I'm not wasting whatever little time I have left with Val just because I don't like it here.
It's bad. 'I don't think anyone should have kids anymore because the world's probably going to end before the youngest generation hits adulthood' bad.
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You would not be the first to tell me to back off.
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That's not an invitation.
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But my offers still stand.
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You were really worried about me, huh?
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And I know what it's like to be gone and feel like at best no one cares. You'd never mentioned any other friends or partners, so I didn't want you to wake up thinking that.
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Anyone who I know isn't a total asshole, anyway.
It's not like sending a message once a week was any sort of burden, especially considering you'd recently done me a significant favor.
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I'm not complaining. You'd know if I was.
[ he is, if nothing else, pretty good at setting boundaries. and maybe if it'd been more frequent than once a week he might have drawn a line, but kazu struck a good enough balance between "wow this is a lot" and "TOO MUCH". ]
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If I ever do bother you, please just tell me immediately? Pursuing friendships is kind of new and I'm learning that I don't pick up hints very well.
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If you do something I don't like I won't be shy about telling you.
So this is pursuing friendship? You know I'm not great at that, either.
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What do you mean, you're not great at it?
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different.
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You're less outgoing, but still not unfriendly.
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I still think it's suspicious. The way people around here are. But from where I'm standing it looks like you and yours have made yourselves quite at home already.
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...not only do I have no choice in adapting, but the folks I've begun to trust have proven themselves. And who is mine besides Val, anyway?
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[ and wash might slightly be talking to himself here, because among the many things he's starting to come to a grips with since waking up, is that south is here starting to settle in and build something for herself again, and wash is. uh. not doing that. because he's a horrifically stubborn bastard who still hasn't quite accepted that he has to live here. ]
How bad was home?
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It's bad. 'I don't think anyone should have kids anymore because the world's probably going to end before the youngest generation hits adulthood' bad.