[ It is and isn't the reaction that she's expecting, because she's spent the last what? month? thinking that Kate had just dismissed the whole situation as a drunken one night college sophomore kind of thing and nothing else. Because she's been building up the scenario in her own mind to both fuel and feed and justify her anger without stopping to consider any alternatives. She listens intently, not looking away but doing her best to keep her expression open to understanding, rather than neutral or arranged in a way that might imply anger. She's not angry anymore anyway. ]
Okay, well, number one, I think Johanna might be kind of aggro so please don't let her get drunk around you when she's carrying that axe. [ She believes that but also tries to convey that she's joking. A little. Just to break some of the tension. ] And number two... I don't know. You never know. It's just there. It caught me totally off-guard, too. That's why I thought, hey, if there's even a chance that this is something Kate's serious about, looking at it from that perspective is probably not the best way to go.
[ She runs one hand through blonde hair that is steadily getting longer again. Diablo is chewing on the toe of her boot, and she shakes him away a little. He jumps up, sticks his butt in the air, and attacks her toes again. She sighs in defeet defeat. ]
For what it's worth, I'm sorry, too. I still haven't figured it out, and I hadn't told, I mean, anyone about Gretchen at that point, and it just felt like something that I needed to get pissed about. [ She winces, slightly, and exhales hard. ] We're pretty adult, right? This is something that we should've talked about like rational adults. But also that's... not easy? I don't know. I suck at having friendships that aren't superficial. I want you to feel like you can talk to me about that kind of stuff, though. Sometimes that's easier said than done, and I get that, too, but I'd rather you talk to me about something that's freaking you out than... any of that.
[ Any of that being any of Kate's typical defense mechanisms. ]
I OFFER IT TO YOU also a lot of word vomit
Okay, well, number one, I think Johanna might be kind of aggro so please don't let her get drunk around you when she's carrying that axe. [ She believes that but also tries to convey that she's joking. A little. Just to break some of the tension. ] And number two... I don't know. You never know. It's just there. It caught me totally off-guard, too. That's why I thought, hey, if there's even a chance that this is something Kate's serious about, looking at it from that perspective is probably not the best way to go.
[ She runs one hand through blonde hair that is steadily getting longer again. Diablo is chewing on the toe of her boot, and she shakes him away a little. He jumps up, sticks his butt in the air, and attacks her toes again. She sighs in
defeetdefeat. ]For what it's worth, I'm sorry, too. I still haven't figured it out, and I hadn't told, I mean, anyone about Gretchen at that point, and it just felt like something that I needed to get pissed about. [ She winces, slightly, and exhales hard. ] We're pretty adult, right? This is something that we should've talked about like rational adults. But also that's... not easy? I don't know. I suck at having friendships that aren't superficial. I want you to feel like you can talk to me about that kind of stuff, though. Sometimes that's easier said than done, and I get that, too, but I'd rather you talk to me about something that's freaking you out than... any of that.
[ Any of that being any of Kate's typical defense mechanisms. ]