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[verminous]

Haven't been very good company the last little while, you know?

I'll get past it. Just some sorta rough patch.

[antline]

Is that what you think, or they think?

[An important distinction.]

[verminous]

I can be aware of it without 'em saying anything...

[antline]

But how do you tell? Because they don't want to hang out with you?

[he is genuinely curious]

[verminous]

Not exactly-- I mean, we live together anyway, we're already gonna be around each other.

[antline]

So...why? If you're together, and you talk, why do you feel...bad about it?

[Gregor...]

[verminous]

It's complicated.

[a brief pause, before he decides to continue.]

Feels like I'm less, uh, present at the moment, is all. Beats me what's going on with my sleep.

[antline]

Mm.

[His sleep....not sleeping well? He inches closer. Their arms are touching, now.]

You're tired, then. Maybe you need help to do that.

[verminous]

I don't know if that's a good idea.

[he mutters with a shake of his head, though that doesn't keep him from leaning into sariel slightly. it's almost reflexive, rather than a conscious response.]

Probably, uh. Not the safest right now.

[antline]

...Bad dreams?

[A little sigh.]

I also have had bad dreams. I don't understand them. But surely...it's bad to have bad dreams. Why isn't it safe?

[verminous]

Can't exactly control what goes on in your sleep, can you? So if it gets rough... pretty easy to react and not even know it.

[and with his arm, that's more dangerous than it'd be for someone normal.]

[antline]

React...

[Ah. He thinks he knows what he's talking about.]

Do you sleep? And talk? During your sleep....?

[verminous]

Probably more than just talking.

[ugh, he's going to have to get new sheets, he forgot about that...

well. maybe not yet. they'll probably just end up ripped too.]

[antline]

...Moving around? Hm. Maybe you need some restraints?

Or...someone to hold you as you sleep?

[He means this in a sincere way he doesn't know of any implications here.]

[verminous]

Wh-- hey, c'mon, don't joke about that-!

[like anybody would just do that, anyway?]

[antline]

Joke...?

[...Huh. He frowns.]

I wasn't.

[verminous]

Look, usually if people say something like that, they're not-- it's got different implications, bud.

[antline]

Oh?








What kind of implications.

[verminous]

I, uh, I don't know if I'm the right person for this...

[what has he gotten himself into!!]

[antline]

...

[This has turned confusing all of a sudden.]

[A little nudge with his shoulder.]

We can find an expert who can explain, maybe...?

[verminous]

-wait, wait, let's not...

[bringing someone into it is WORSE, ACTUALLY.]

It's usually, you know, more of a... romantic or sexual thing.

[antline]

Holding each other in a bed is romantic. Or sexual.

[this really does NOT compute]

So friends can't do it?

[verminous]

Nothing says they can't or anything, just, you know... most people aren't that comfortable.