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[shiro2hero]

Serious. I haven't figured it out yet.

So either it's something I can't even remotely pinpoint, or... I'm an idiot.

[scarcastically]

[ huh. ]

Ooh, tough call. Could be 50/50 either way.

[shiro2hero]

Ouch. That hurts. I'm mortally wounded.

[Stop laughing when you say that.]

[scarcastically]

Gotta get used to that 'round me.

[ it's what he does. still, he plops himself on the bed, passing the jug out to shiro to take a sip. ]

[shiro2hero]

Get used to being slain, got it.

[Still no irritating. It's ... kind of nice, actually. Just some back and forth nonsense with someone else.]

[The wine though. It's not like hard liquor so how bad could it be? Deep breath. One drink. And then he holds it back out.]

[scarcastically]

[ erik cocks an eyebrow at that. ]

You seriously don't drink?

[shiro2hero]

No. Lost the taste for it in space. Never tried to get it back.

[... partly because apparently Altean alcohol was disgusting.]

[scarcastically]

Wow. Remind me never to go up there.

[ not that he can or will, but that's part of the fantasy. ]

[shiro2hero]

You could always bring your own with you. Pretty sure there were some people who did.

[scarcastically]

Yeah, I don't think it's for me. I ain't much of a dreamer.

[ dreams are for rookies. ]

[shiro2hero]

Hey, don't worry. I've done that enough for two people.

[He's the one with his head in the clouds, remember?]

[scarcastically]

Great. Do mine too. I wouldn't have a clue where to start.

[ he says it so casually that it can't be sad!! ]

[shiro2hero]

Nothing? Not even when you were a kid?

[buddy that's still kind of sad]

[scarcastically]

[ a beat. ]

I wasn't a kid for very long.

[shiro2hero]

[He shuts his eyes for a second.]

I'm sorry. [And, like everything else he's said, it's sincere. No empty platitudes here.]

We can change the subject, if you want.

[scarcastically]

Nah, it's not a big deal. We all know this kind of story.

[ he takes a swig of the jug. ]

[shiro2hero]

Yeah. I guess we do, huh?

[He doesn't know the details. Just that Erik's hinted at a few things that make him think ... wherever this guy comes from, it's not a peaceful one.]

[scarcastically]

[ erik wipes his mouth with his sleeve. ]

More or less, anyway. And I've never been big on rehashing.

'Sides, it'll put you off drinking. And I'm not about that.

[shiro2hero]

If that changes... you know where to find me.

[He won't push. But he'll make himself available, if the need ever arises.]

I thought stories were supposed to help the drinking.

[scarcastically]

Yeah?

You an expert on drinkin' now?

[shiro2hero]

Not even a little.

All I know is what they show on TV.

[scarcastically]

[ erik's curious now, but he plays it loosely. ]

What does TV tell you then?

[shiro2hero]

That people drink and complain about their... everything, really.

Lives, families, partners... [He shrugs.] But that’s TV.

[scarcastically]

[ don't ask about his anime collection. ]

So you got into it? That whole thing they spin for you on TV?

[shiro2hero]

[Be proud of your anime bro]

Nah. Not so much... complaining about things never really helps, does it?

I guess I default to it because it’s the only example I’ve got that isn’t celebratory drinks. If that makes sense.