[belph tenses, because, well. this sure sounds dangerously close to her actually caring about him, and he is not equipped in any way to handle that, especially right now.]
belph has no idea how to say, "because i'm such a horribly self-destructive person that there is really no value for you to be in my presence, so why don't we just spare the both of us, among other reasons." technically, he could just say that, but he won't.]
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[It isn't really about her or how she feels right now, she thinks, but she can't deny that she's worried all the same.]
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[because the great irony of life is that the less belph cares about his own happiness, the easier it is to hold on.]
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Please come back with me.
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... You don't have to be out here, Natalie.
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he just smiles, dry.]
Lili's banned me from being in her presence on Fridays, so I'd rather not run into her.
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[...]
We can go somewhere else.
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[But.]
If you aren't back by midnight, I'm going to come looking again, okay?
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[It's an honest question.]
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belph has no idea how to say, "because i'm such a horribly self-destructive person that there is really no value for you to be in my presence, so why don't we just spare the both of us, among other reasons." technically, he could just say that, but he won't.]
Well, you know.
Reasons.
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he pauses, before reluctantly, he sits down.]
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[he does appreciate it, for all that he also wants to be left alone.
but yeah, he's not going to say anything further.]