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[adamance]

WISDOM passing on her legacy, her knowledge, and showing a willingness for more	COMPASSION looking upon her people with care, with hope, and understanding a different layer of strength
STRENGTH strength is more than just mere words or mere actions—it is everything	PURPOSE being born for this

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[adamance]

No. I pay attention to her. [This simple string of words may be innocuous, but at their heart, there is still a sense that they are nothing if not condescending. Still, that actually isn't her goal: it just comes out that way, with a hint of barely concealed judgment.

But then, it's Lexa. What's new there?]

Have you asked what makes her happy?

[inflori]

[ Yeah, he's offended at first. But the first second of a glare turns into something else immediately. ]

... Do you just creep into her mind all the time or something? Are you a stalker?

[ Petre. That... that is rich. ]

She says I make her happy.

[ Not a lie. But also not the only truth? Uhm. ]

So I'll give her something that makes her think of me.

[adamance]

We spend time together outside of each other's minds. She teaches me technology, and I train her to fight. [It is possible to have a relationship with someone that is not creepy is what she's trying to say. Truthfully, it hasn't occurred to her to try to pry into Angel's mind.]

And what do you like that she might like?

[inflori]

[ No idea what a non-creepy anything is. ]

... I dunno, we ate out together, we ate a bunch of weird stuff. She liked that. I can't just give her food though, you don't keep food forever.

[adamance]

Are you only hoping to gift her something just this once?

[It sounds as if he is, so it's good to check.]

[inflori]

Uhm. I guess? For now, anyway. [ Why does this have to be so difficult. ] Can't you just point at something for me.

[adamance]

I will, but I believe it's possible that you're overthinking this.

[Or he'll just get her a million of the same things but in slightly different forms, which wouldn't surprise her at this point.]

[inflori]

How am I overthinking it? It's a pretty direct thing to me. You point it out, I buy it, then I give it to Angel. Bam.

[adamance]

You do realize that you're using me to pass off something as your own idea.

[inflori]

[ And the twist on his features is very, very unpleasant. ]

How the fuck is this your idea. I'm the one who wants to give her something, I just don't know what yet.

[adamance]

Not the act. The gift itself.

[Keep up, child.]

[inflori]

Don't tell me you wanna give her something, too.

[ I wanted it first. >:I ]

[adamance]

No. I'm not accustomed to giving without expecting something in return, and many know that. I'd prefer not to give up that belief, but I'm willing to help you.

[To a degree, she is just being difficult.

Somehow, it's so easy to be when he's involved.]

[inflori]

[ He can't possibly imagine why!! ]

Okay, fine. So what do you want in return.

[adamance]

Nothing except for your patience. You're very reactive.

[And overly brash. Giving advice is not the same as giving something of physical value.]

[inflori]

[ It's really no surprise that he wants to react to that immediately. Tell her something along the lines of I'm totally patient, you're just being annoying, or something equally useless. Even he can recognize that would just be proving her right, though, so his mouth opens and shuts quickly. ]

Fine. Can we go now?

[adamance]

[Really, the fact that he doesn't react is a bigger victory than if he did react. That means that she managed to get him to behave.

Then again, if it had gone the other way, yes, she would have said that he proved her point.

Sometimes there is no winning with Lexa.]

Yes.

[The shopping trip is going to be five hundred times smoother than this semantics bullshit.]

[inflori]

[ dammit lexa

And off they go! To shop for girly things. That's what Petre calls them.

what will the present be tho ]

[adamance]

[something like this?]

[inflori]

[ Yes, perfect!! ]