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Lup would understand if you talked to her.

(Lup might have forgiven her, but she'll always put Taako before Lucretia too. Lucretia doesn't have any doubt that if Taako asked her sincerely if they could have Candlenights without her, Lup would say yes. The problem is getting him to ask.

... She would do it for him, but she can already hear Taako calling her a martyr again. The only solution is to be polite.)

But yes, I... I can do that. (It's not going to pleasant, but she'll try her best.)

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Just cause she'd understand it doesn't mean she'd like it.

[Asking Lup is putting her in a shitty position, where she has to choose between Taako and Lucretia and he's-- he's a lot of things, but he doesn't want to be the kind of person who asks someone to make those choices.]

I think, uh, I think now I've gotten this shit off my chest I can play nice, you know?

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Yeah. Yeah.

(Lucretia sighs, rubbing her neck.)

Sure. I'm sorry that it was bothering you for this long, Taako. For uh, for the record, you can always come to talk to me about this. It's not shit-stirring. I know that how... we are right now is an ever-changing thing and I want to help as much as I can but I can't read your mind, either.

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I didn't trust myself not to start shit.

[He says it plainly, that ever-persistent fear about opening up too much eaten away by the effects of the potion.

This is about Lucretia, of course, but it wasn't because of Lucretia that he didn't talk about it.]

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(Again, she almost wishes he would yell at her. If he did she could go on the defensive, assuage her guilt. She exhales sharply, frustrated with herself for thinking it.)

Well. Thank you. ... I think.

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Thank Rin, I guess. Made it a lot easier to do this shit without all those crappy feelings.

[He's the one that got this conversation to actually happen, even if that wasn't his intention with the potion.]

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(Lucretia nods absentmindedly. Even though this has been a perfectly reasonable conversation, she's feeling wigged out by the abnormality of it all.

Her tea has cooled enough for her to drain the cup swiftly.)

Was that all you wanted to talk to me about?

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Uh, sure.

[It does feel weird, to have gotten through this without wanting to yell at her or come up with something sharp and petty to say.]

I gotta like, talk to Lup about this. It'd be cool if you didn't say anything to her about it until Candlenights?

[scholiast]

(Running away feels very cowardly but Lucretia doesn't know what else to say, so. Hopefully Taako will forgive her that much, at least.)

Of course.

[spellslots]

[As someone who's spent his life bailing on uncomfortable situations, he's not going to begrudge her this.]

Thanks for coming over, Lux.

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Any time.

(She means it; she'd weather any situation for Taako. She stands, but pauses after collecting her cup to take through to the kitchen with her.)

You're okay?

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I'm good, I'm gonna like, listen to some music and take a nap.

[He's just chilling. It's nice. Maybe he'll text Rin later and tell him he's great.]

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(Cool. Lucretia gives him a thumbs up, immediately regrets doing it, and rolls her eyes as she turns away. She holds up a hand to him in farewell.)

Talk to you later.

[spellslots]

See ya.

[It's weird not to be the one leaving, but he just gets comfy on the couch and rethinks that 'music' thing because going straight to a nap seems great.]