IC Contact; Exsilium

[debtor]

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[debtor]

[Stopping short.]

'Rub your neck'?

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[maddeninghatter]

And my back.

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[debtor]

[NOT WHAT HE WAS EXPECTING.]

What!? This isn't 'busy' at all!

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[maddeninghatter]

[ He's busy sulking, in point of fact. ]

Ugh. You're untrainable. Go away.

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[debtor]

[ DISGUSTED, ] 'Untrainable'?! I don't want to be trained to give massages!

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[maddeninghatter]

If you're already objecting to what I tell you to do, then there's no point continuing.

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[debtor]

[Oh my god.

A part of him is sorely tempted to just turn around and leave, right away.

But the other part of him wants to learn how to use a sword correctly, preferably from somebody as good as Break purportedly is. He needs to learn, badly...]


So [ he pauses, uncomfortably - forcing himself to accept the stomach-churning reality that he might actually be considering giving this man a back rub

for sword lessons ]

you're not going to train me at all... if I don't do this?

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[maddeninghatter]

[ None of the kids he's been thrown together with, over the years, ever did what he said without question. Reim lectured him (and still does), Gilbert complained (and still does), Oz... Oz.

Urgh. ]

I'm too old.

[ At this point, he's muttering more to himself than to Allen. ]

I'm too old for any of this.

[ He twitches the blanket over his head. This is the event horizon of sulking, Allen, escape now while you can. ]

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[debtor]

[Allen does not retreat.]

Mr. Break? [IS HE STILL GOING TO GET LESSONS OR NOT!!]

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[maddeninghatter]

[ A long, aggressively sulky silence.

...

Finally, a hand juts out from beneath the covers. His index finger curls, beckoning. ]

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[debtor]

[ He does hesitate for a moment, but inevitably, approaches the couch. ] What is it?

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[maddeninghatter]

[ Allen. Are you related to Gilbert or something?

As soon as he's within range, Break's hand reaches suddenly for Allen's nose. ]

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[debtor]

[He could be.

Fortunately(?), you don't get far in Allen's line of work without some damn good reflexes. He jerks back, left hand shooting up to grab for Break's hand, inhumanly fast.] Oi!