"It all depends on the person," Dorian shrugs. "Different people get drunk in different ways. Some are fighty drunks, some are sad drunks, some are giggly drunks. You won't know what sort of drunk you are until you actually get drunk to begin with."
"You know, you saying that there are places our conversation shouldn't go makes me want to push it there to begin with," Dorian teases, grin on his face as he takes another sip of his drink.
Not even. More 'baby's first fight where they can be separate'.
[I did what we agreed to do. And I did it as carefully as I possibly could. And *then* I dropped it when it was clear he was upset. But he just kept being upset at me.]
He realizes that there's probably no context he can give that will truly explain things, but at the very least-
[There are things that I need Arthur's help to understand from a human perspective to help Natalie. Arthur told me I could always ask him for help that way. But when I did, he-
[ I can't talk about that. It has to do with our shared experiences. And *because* they're shared, I can't talk to Natalie about it without asking Arthur. ]
"Sometimes when you're in a fight with someone, the common sense answer is the last thing you think of," Dorian shrugs. "Emotion is in the driver's seat at that point."
"Don't get me wrong, it's good that you actually asked. But when you ask about something touchy, there's always the chance that they won't want you to talk about it."
"Because whatever this is, it's a sore spot." Dorian gives John a cavalier, casual little shrug before, "Humanity is confusing like that. IF there's something that hurts us, we simultaneously do and don't want to talk about it."
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This is a concern. He's concerned about it.
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[Arthur's upset. And I don't think I did anything wrong. And I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong now but I hate it.]
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... well, probably not technically. Baby's first fight after everything got a little codependent?
"Tell me what happened."
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[I did what we agreed to do. And I did it as carefully as I possibly could. And *then* I dropped it when it was clear he was upset. But he just kept being upset at me.]
He realizes that there's probably no context he can give that will truly explain things, but at the very least-
[There are things that I need Arthur's help to understand from a human perspective to help Natalie. Arthur told me I could always ask him for help that way. But when I did, he-
He got upset and told me to get out.]
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"What did the two of you talk about? I'd guess that is what led to the fight."
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Gruuuuuuump.
[ ...which is when he got upset with me. ]
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"There seems to be an easy answer here. Arthur simply doesn't want you to share whatever you're thinking of sharing."
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Huff.
[ He could have just *said* that and moved on. I tried to move on! But he just kept getting more and more angry with me about even asking! ]
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Doublehuff.
[But what was I supposed to do? *Not ask?* That wouldn't be right! Not when it's very important for doing my job!]
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But if he's allowed to make no sense, *I'm* allowed to be annoyed about it.]
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