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[personal profile] lineman John "Quirkless" Hwang Date: 2024-10-03 10:06 pm (UTC)
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This is not a matter of feeling. And I wouldn’t tell you anyway. You’d stuff it in your big hat and turn it into a curse on me. Because it doesn’t matter.

What I want to know is are you willing to observe. If you need to think of it as a favor, then fine. Call it in later.

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[personal profile] lineman John "Quirkless" Hwang Date: 2024-10-03 10:49 pm (UTC)
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There are women our age who follow Dutch. It’d be interesting the know that dynamic. And our friends at Prescott, I’m not suspicious but it would also be useful for us to know how they operate as a group.

Mara at Whitney is fine. Nothing to be suspicious of, but she’s allied herself with those actors. We might want to know the dynamics there, too.

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[personal profile] lineman John "Quirkless" Hwang Date: 2024-10-03 11:27 pm (UTC)
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I will be going, but unless I drink I tend not to have fruitful interpersonal dynamics at parties. And you understand I no longer drink.

Are you planning to attend?

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[personal profile] lineman John "Quirkless" Hwang Date: 2024-10-04 12:22 am (UTC)
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What makes you think I feel ill at ease around girls? My sister is a girl.

Of course you do. Are you seeking fruitful interpersonal dynamics?

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[personal profile] lineman John "Quirkless" Hwang Date: 2024-10-04 12:35 am (UTC)
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I don’t feel ill at ease. I drank to make other people feel less ill at ease with me. But I am satisfied now, and I enjoy quiet and solitude. And I’ll not lie, I find women easier to understand. That’s all.

I am not. I don’t seek. But you should enjoy the party. Just don’t forget to keep an eye out. Call it another favor.

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[personal profile] lineman John "Quirkless" Hwang Date: 2024-10-04 06:37 am (UTC)
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[...] You're describing a limitation with your beliefs, not my enjoyment of solitude. I feel for you. And I don't claim to understand women completely. I just find them comparatively easier to understand than men. [...] It was just my mother, my sister, and I for many years. That's all.

In the spirit of fairness, I have to tell you I'm not suitable as an escort, given my limp. If you want to change the favor, you may.

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[personal profile] lineman John "Quirkless" Hwang Date: 2024-10-04 07:25 am (UTC)
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[...] Mothers try very hard, don't they? But there is a certain type of solitude with them, too. [...]

Regardless.

I'm not worried about being left behind. In fact, I ask that you leave me behind if it comes to it. Do you understand what I mean now?

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[personal profile] lineman John "Quirkless" Hwang Date: 2024-10-05 10:04 am (UTC)
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I'm unlikely to be of much utility to you as an escort, is ultimately what I mean and am worried about. If we are attacked, the best I can do for you is to serve as bait or a distraction while you run. [...] But I understand I cannot dictate your favor.