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[knockthemdead]

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[text, september 24th]

[barold]

Hello, Kravitz.
This is Barry.

How are you? Just asking for no reason in particular.

his fave inlaw

[knockthemdead]

Hello Barry. This is Kravitz.

[Yes, he's teasing you.]

I'm well. Glad to have my feet back on comparatively solid ground. And how are you?

For no particular reason.

[barold]

I am well as well, thank you!
Also relieved to be off the boat.
As pleasant as it was, I vastly prefer it when the ground does not move.

Did you have a fun time on the ship though, while it lasted?
Did you and Taako get up to anything fun?

[Another completely innocent line of questioning.........]

[knockthemdead]

As do I.

[Yeah, this definitely isn't getting more and more suspicious. Barry is too sweet to be very wary of, though.]

I suppose we had some enjoyable interludes. It's difficult to plan much of a date at sea, but I'm sure you understand that as well. Taako does have the ability to make just about any place an enjoyable one to be at, though.

Would you like to ask me a more pointed question, Barry? I mean, I feel like you do. Could just be paranoia.

[barold]

I am glad to hear that.
Taako really is a great guy!
I am glad to hear the two of you were able to enjoy yourselves, even under less than ideal circumstances.

[MMMMMMM, BACKPEDAL, BACKPEDAL,]

Whatever do you mean?
I was just
expressing curiosity!
Is what I was doing.
No reason.

[knockthemdead]

That's very kind of you. I hope you and Lup were able to as well.

[nah buddy he sees you]

Uh huh. I see.

You know, I wasn't aware until this moment that a complete lack of subtlety could be so wonderfully conveyed in a text format. Thank you for teaching me something new.

[barold]

[Man, his whole spot has been blown up! Barry groans softly to himself as he continues texting.]

Aw, dang it.
And here I thought Lup's lessons were finally taking.
Alright, pal. You got me.
I did not want to be quite so forthright, but it appears it cannot be helped.

I heard what happened on the ship.
With you and Lup?

[knockthemdead]

Oh.

[Oh dear. Kravitz suddenly feels a lot less smug and lot more embarrassed.]

Yes. Well. She certainly got me good. What about it, exactly?

[barold]

I was just curious how it went!!
You know,
after?

Did you and Taako speak?

Of course, if you do not wish to speak of this, I will drop the subject.
However, I do feel I have some insight on the situation should you want and/or need it.

[knockthemdead]

[O GODS.....WHY IS EVERYONE TRYING TO MEDDLE IN HIS LOVE LIFE]

Please, take a few deep breaths. I can sense your anxiousness from here, and I believe it's rubbing off on me.

Yes, we spoke. It was [uhhhhhhhh] good. [Understatement of the century. He just about cried with joy.]
What insight is that?

[barold]

[Barry heeds Kravitz' advice and takes a few deep breaths, letting the slow inhale and exhale calm him. They're just. a couple of guys talking about something personal.

Nothing to be anxious about. H-Hahaha.]

I am glad.
Well, I believe you and I shared similar predicaments.
I am, after all, married to his sister.
I am just saying, I think I know how you feel.

[knockthemdead]

[...is he saying what Krav thinks he is?]

Please do feel free to be more blunt with me. I don't mind, and it means less of a headache for both us. Do you mean, uh... the time span in which certain words were spoken?

[Ironically, he's being just as vague as Barry.]

Also- that implies some rather intimate knowledge of exactly what occurred that night. Has Lup been gossiping?

Why am I even asking that. Of course she has.

[barold]

I do mean the time span, yes!
Not the method.
Unfortunately, you are on your own there, buddy.

And she did not divulge intimate details! Surprisingly!
She did however tell me what she did.

Kravitz, may I be frank with you?

[knockthemdead]

Ah... wonderful.

Please, Goddess above, do be frank.

[barold]

It took Lup a very long time to say she loved me.

We are talking
years.
Several.

They are important words, right?
"I love you".
I say them a lot, and I mean them every time, but

I know for the two of them, it can be a struggle.
Both the feeling and the words.

[knockthemdead]

Are you quite serious? ...They really are very, very similar, aren't they?

I don't think those words mean any less to us than they do to them, but rather believe they perhaps feel the weight of them heavier than we do.

It was
a relief. To finally hear him say it. I never doubted that he loved me- but all the same.

[barold]

I am. And yes, they are.

Believe me when I say, I completely understand how you must have felt.
I never for a moment doubted Lup loved me.
Our circumstances may have been different from yours and Taako's, of course.
But the two of them have always been so similar.
Very guarded.

But they still feel with the same intensity and conviction we do.

I could always tell Taako loved you.

[knockthemdead]

It's a relief, I must to confess, to know that someone must understand. To talk about this with someone.
I would never doubt Lup's feelings for you, as well. The love between you is clear to see from any angle.

Would it be... entirely too much to ask why you say that, though? How could you tell?

[barold]

How I could tell Taako loves you?
Easily.

I did spend a century with him on the ship, Kravitz.
That long with someone gives you insight on their inner workings unlike anything else.
I can tell when there is something on his mind he does not have the words for.
When he tries to parse his emotions and make sense of them.

His sister is very much the same.

[knockthemdead]

[He asked the question and he's still squirming.]

Right, of course. What am I thinking. Forgive me, I sometimes forget about... all that.

['All that' meaning the fuckton of time they spent in close quarters saving the world, of course.]

Have you noticed that look they get? The almost curled lip? I mean, I can't entirely recall if I've also seen it on Lup, but I feel as though I must have.

[barold]

I do not blame you! It is easy to forget.

Yes! The Look!
I have noticed, yes. I did not know Taako still did that!
Lup gets that look sometimes still.

What about the Look?

[knockthemdead]

The Look. I'll be using that from now on.

No, no! Nothing. I was simply wondering.
Barry, would you perhaps mind a visit?

[barold]

Gosh, they are so very similar, huh?
Even after all this time.

Kravitz, I would absolutely love a visit.
I will put on some tea for us.
Get blankets ready.
For some reason, I feel like tea and blankets lately.

[knockthemdead]

That sounds wonderful, actually. I'll be over shortly.