That's flattering, though excessive. Perhaps I should be happy to be included.
[And that's as much as she'll say on that. It's difficult to deny it outright with what things he's seen of her. But he seems discreet, and what does it matter anyway? There's no mission here, no purpose. Somehow the world keeps turning without those things, or perhaps with spite towards their absence.]
He's welcome to that mountain, if he likes it; though I imagine that won't be to the benefit of the town. I haven't fully set my mind to it, but I do know that I have no interest in competing there.
[In other ways, yes. Needling him with pleasantness and swimming in circles around each other like two rival loons. Waiting to see whose false smile breaks first upon the rocks. Everyone needs their hobbies that get them through the day.]
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[And that's as much as she'll say on that. It's difficult to deny it outright with what things he's seen of her. But he seems discreet, and what does it matter anyway? There's no mission here, no purpose. Somehow the world keeps turning without those things, or perhaps with spite towards their absence.]
He's welcome to that mountain, if he likes it; though I imagine that won't be to the benefit of the town. I haven't fully set my mind to it, but I do know that I have no interest in competing there.
[In other ways, yes. Needling him with pleasantness and swimming in circles around each other like two rival loons. Waiting to see whose false smile breaks first upon the rocks. Everyone needs their hobbies that get them through the day.]