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[Chris huffs, brow raising as he regards Scott.]

Still sounds like a shite thing to put a child through when it could have been avoided, but you're quick to rationalize or set aside things that happen to you.

[He doesn't need telepathy for that.]

[ He holds both his hands up. ]

Getting us out of the plane was the right thing to do. The alternative would have been worse, but if you want me to stop rationalizing my father coming back and not contacting me because of his guilt, and leaving me to be raised by a lunatic pisses me off?

[Chris' expression remains dark, but he moves past Scott at least to go settle on his couch instead. Glasses fixed. Friend fixed. Now he needed to work on his irritation on Scott's behalf, especially when there wasn't a lot of use in it.]

Well, there's that, at least. Reasonable anger and response.

[ Scott goes and sprawls gracelessly down beside Chris. ]

He's an idiot. He's not actually a bad guy, just seems to have some issues thinking everyone si better off without him. Reminds me of some other people I know.

[Chris scoffs and curls in his corner to get comfortable.]

Oh I know several like that. Seems to be an alarmingly common trait.
Honestly surprised you'd not more fucked up about it, a lot of my people back home have parent issues. I guess on some level I do too, I just don't take mine personally.

[ Scott shrugs and relaxes into a looser sprawl, in his own space but comfortably close to Chris. ]

I was fucked up enough that I decided not to have my own kids. I have bigger things to be more fucked up about, more generally.

What do you mean you don't take your parent issues personally?

[Chris looks over, brow raised, thinking of what Scott had said of his kid before remembering it wasn't the home-grown kind.]

You should. People aren't always the worst of their parents, you might surprise yourself. [He waves his hand vaguely in Scott's direction.]

Don't take this example with the one here to heart, that's a....weird example, Duplicity's no place to test a father's mettle.

And I just mean everyone else in my life knew my parents or knew the name 'Sonom' and it meant something to most, good or ill, but it never meant much to me. I was four whe my parents died, I don't know them. I don't really care that they were killed aside from what I was told it ought to mean.

[ Scott just basically dismisses the whole thing about him as a father. It's complicated, it's not all about him and he lacks the energy to get all of that into words. He'd probably choke and they'd be back to stream of consciousness blurting and exhausting himself with frustration-

and he lacks the desire to go there for a hypothetical ]

That makes sense. It isn't as though they were there to mean anything to you, or you remember who they were to miss, and the name sounds more like a burden than anything else.

[He doesn't chase after the topic, at least, just reaches out to whatever part of Scott is closest to brush his fingers along idly.]

I'm nobility and a king in my world. My name is a title as much as any actual one.

[And he was amassing a few at this point.]

So, yeah...but I've never had much say in it, it just is. Except here.

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[ Scott makes a low noise in his throat and his next question might seem like a change of topic - or a statement more than question - but it's neither.

Honest. ]

You're getting more physically affectionate.

[ The fingers on his jeans, he means. It feels new. Or is he just noticing?]

[Chris shrugs and glances down to his hand. It is new...he just hadn't expected it to be noticed either.]

I'm more comfortable with you.Simple as that.

[Not exactly a simple thing, but still. Truthful. More comfort, trust, and care came with more physical affection when Chris can spare it.]

[ Scott smiles, but doesn't make a huge thing of it. Just says, with a lot of warmth and sincerity and notable absence of smart assery. ]

I'm Glad.

[ Because he's more comfortable with Chris, too and... just likes him. It's good. That's all.]

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