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[pursuitofcappiness]

Yes, ma'am.

[ A beat, he shifts his weight and gets out of this really formal position he's in taking directions. ]

You're right, I like Julia. She's...

[ ...Smart, confident, easy to talk to, ballsy, witty, great, kind, beautiful... ]

...special.

I don't intend ever to hurt her, but I can't promise that I won't when we're in a place we're not ourselves half the time.

If I ever do, for any reason, I do want you to stop me. I'll try to make sure it never comes to that.

[ Not because Kady threatened him. Though - actually, he's pretty uh, relieved? That Julia has friends who have her back. ]

[hedgemony]

“Special.”

( She gives him a look. So far as adjectives go she’s heard better, but effusiveness rarely correlates with sincerity. It makes her huff out a quiet breath of amusement.

And what he says next might just be the best thing he could have said. It’s realistic. Smart, really. )

I’ll do that for you, if you’ll do the same for me.

( Whether it’s possession or whatever else. Reynard has taken the face of someone they both had trusted. Richard has been a kind, thoughtful, dedicated man. He had wanted to make the world better and care for the people he loved, and it was just a fragment of what Reynard had done, but it still hurt.

She offers her hand to shake, maybe a little ridiculously formal for how Kady normally conducts herself, but hey. It seems appropriate with The Young and the Wholesome over here. )

I’ll kick your ass if you kick mine. Deal?

( No grudges held murder approval. Is this bonding? )

[pursuitofcappiness]

[ He isn't expecting her to extend a hand, but he takes it and gives it a good firm shake. ]

Deal.

[ He hopes that she hits hard, because he's not very good at staying down. ]

Thank you.

[ He feels like this needs to be said, because... she could have easily not come over here to give him this kind of talk. She does it because that's how much she cares about Julia. He'd never try to discourage that. ]

[hedgemony]

( This is a really weird conversation. She's pretty okay with it, though. )

You're welcome.

( She releases his hand, something in her expression shifted, not exactly softened, but certainly warmer. )

So, uh. I guess it's your turn, if you need to give me a shake down, too.

( Wryly, as she picks up her beer and has another sip. )

[pursuitofcappiness]

...What for?

[ He takes a look at the hot dogs. ]

Long as you haven't poisoned these, I don't think I've got any beef with you.

[ That was a joke, Kady, he doesn't think you actually poisoned them. ]

Anyway, I remember you said we have a birthday party to plan.