[ Because he has forgotten what it's like... Honestly, he has forgotten what it's like to interact with people without parading a mask, which is funny because he's putting one on still while he's here.
He knows he should accept it graciously, with gratitude. It's still just a shape to him. ]
[ it's just you and me in this bar, bucko. and gabriel doesn't seem to mind if jacopo doesn't know what to do with it, that he doesn't know how to accept it or what to say. they can at least acknowledge it is likely this isn't even the whole story, because when you are so deeply entrenched in your own misery and the things that have fallen upon you it's hard to even begin to undo the damage. ]
I'm not gonna force you to receive it. [ first of all. ] But... there's nothing you can say to me that's going to make me take that back either, pretty sure. And it's not going to change what I say going forward either.
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It does.
[ Because he has forgotten what it's like... Honestly, he has forgotten what it's like to interact with people without parading a mask, which is funny because he's putting one on still while he's here.
He knows he should accept it graciously, with gratitude. It's still just a shape to him. ]
I don't know how to receive it.
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I'm not gonna force you to receive it. [ first of all. ] But... there's nothing you can say to me that's going to make me take that back either, pretty sure. And it's not going to change what I say going forward either.
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It won't be my fault when you find yourself with regrets.
[ Down his whole drink. ]
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[ so they will remain here as a confidant so long as they can. ]
Refill, or are you cutting yourself off early?
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[ WHY ARE YOU BEING OMINOUS towards kindness. Anyway. ]
This won't be enough, so no.
[ we can wrap up, though. ]