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[compellingstatement]

[Well, that's... awkward.]

I didn't really have friends growing up, either.
And that certainly wasn't the Eye.
I was just weird and annoying.

Still am.

[He means to lighten the mood a bit, but feels like he's fumbling.]

She wasn't fond of me for a lot of reasons.
I was utterly dismissive of her when she first came to give a Statement at the Institute.
Before she joined the Archives, she was one of my victims, Chris.

[... Daisy had been the same, coming to think on it, and he really doesn't like the implication that he drags his victims kicking and screaming right to the Eye's service.]

She hated Elias more.
At least she never tried to poison my coffee.

[Let's not talk about Martin or his proposition. Melanie is so much more interesting!]

[chrisisofaith]

You certainly have your moments. Perhaps more often than others. Luckily, it doesn't make me love you less at all.

[Maybe he's also a little weird and annoying, if in a different way.]

I'm glad she didn't poison you, but you've been dismissive of a lot of people without needing to compare to Elias on likability.
I'll keep to this opinion, thank you.

[A beat between messages.]

You were utterly dismissive of me when we met. And Martin, if I remember right.

[compellingstatement]

You're also far more tolerant than Melanie King, YouTuber Extraordinaire.
She hosted a ghost hunting show.
I can't say I was impressed with her catalog of work.
And she wasn't impressed with mine.

[chrisisofaith]

[It takes him a moment to place ‘YouTube’ in relation to what his theatre boys had told him about it.]

We’ll I’m afraid it’s not bias that has me knowing which one impresses me more as well.

It simply lends me the thought that you’ve told me of your enemies and I know now that they are indeed decent reflection of some of your ‘friends’ as well. Excepting Sasha and Martin, of course.

[compellingstatement]

[It's absolutely bias, but Jon let's that particular thread go. He'd never... really respected "Ghost Hunt UK." He wasn't going to pretend it was anything other than fake entertainment schlock for the digital masses.]

I can assure you that people like Tim, Melanie, Georgie, Basira, and Daisy are a very far cry from the people who wanted to actively murder and or terrorize me.
Mostly.
Daisy got better after the coffin.

[chrisisofaith]

Perhaps.

Yet that is a far longer list of ‘friends’ who wished you some sort of ill or lack of support compared to the rest.

Perhaps I’m simply stubborn on this point.

[compellingstatement]

They weren't bad people.
I'm explaining poorly.
They were all stuck in horrific circumstances.
We all were.
And I was terrible to a lot of them.
And you're biased.

If they do ever turn up here, just give them a chance, please?
They're better people than I am.

[chrisisofaith]

I’m sure they were as good as any other person off the street could be. Most are.

But in that thought, we’re aligned. I would tell you exactly the same were any of my people to arrive.

I would spare them the same patience I would any stranger.
Except Elias.

[compellingstatement]

From what you've told me about your people, they're heroes.
How ever did you fall in with a disgusting lot of do-gooders?

[chrisisofaith]

I needed good tools
I just didn't expect the tools to be kind-hearted
Nor to care for me back

I think it was actually a trap

[compellingstatement]

One you set for yourself, I'd say.
Unless you think some 'otherworldly' forces were conspiring to bring you all together.

[chrisisofaith]

what? Fate?
Some may take heart in that, but I don’t think the gods care so much to play chess with nobody mortals

I think we came together and something took notice. It was just chance.

Or would you rather hear that my world’s gods decide fates? That they might have something in store for you? Some do believe that.

[compellingstatement]

I'm perfectly fine with being insignificant and unworthy of attention, I think.
I've been a 'chosen one' once.
But that was people, not gods.
It's bullshit, either way.

[chrisisofaith]

[He shouldn’t say it. It’s silly and flirty and the kind of tripe Kallian might offer…he types it and then deletes it…and then types it again

Maybe it would make Jon blush.]

you’re my ‘chosen one’
Worthy of my attention

[U g h]

but generally I agree, a god’s notice is usually trouble

[compellingstatement]

[Jon feels his cheeks go warm as he reads that response. How disgustingly soppy. No wonder Chris fell in with a lot of do-gooders. It takes him a moment to compose himself for a reply, too flustered to think of something witty and careless to deflect with quickly.]

I'm sure you say that to all your boyfriends.




But I suppose your attention isn't so unwanted as some.

[chrisisofaith]

Impossible
I’ve never said that to anyone before

I’m sure my attentions can find a place for themselves soon enough.
A supposedly intolerable man with no friends sounds perfect.

[compellingstatement]

[This is incredibly stupid, and he hates that he's this easy to charm. Is he this easy? Or is it just because it's Chris? Probably because it's Chris. I needs to be just Chris or he's grown far too soft, really.]

I love you.
I'll bring home a nice bottle of wine tonight.
We can indulge a bit.

[chrisisofaith]

And I you
Perhaps I’ll light some candles