@palaedin asked, ❝ that’s simply not true. you know it, i know it. ❞
❝ oh, shut up. it so is. ❞ mouth hangs agape as she struggles to find the words to back up her point, but she knows, instinctively, that she’s right in this. ❝ i mean, like, with 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 gone and all, and didn’t you say lucas was –– in lacrosse or something? i just figured you guys were all kinda getting too old for dungeons and gargoyles. ❞ she throws her gaze to mike, only briefly before returning to to the road; ❝ listen, i’m just –– saying. it happens. like, people, you know . . . grow up. change. or, whatever. ❞
she offers a shrug, repositioning herself uncomfortably. she was never one to give social life advice, given her noticeable lack of one, but on the subject of changing circles, she figured she at least held some minor amount of expertise. still, she was realizing with increasing speed that this was a stupid topic to undertake. not great morning commute converation. ❝ jesus, look, um –– sorry i mentioned it. ❞ [ ᴀ ʙᴇᴀᴛ. ] ❝ so, like, you guys have . . . plans . . . to play it? sometime? ❞











