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[asmywitness]

[[Tyler screens his calls - anyone who tries to actually call him, he'll text back in reply.]]

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[fingersandteeth]

Honestly, while I don't really like the degree that you flip out on me, I *do* depend on you to call me on my shit. So you're not getting rid of me that easily.

Really, what pissed me off the most was you trying to solve things without even talking to me about it, like I was some dumb kid whose messes you have to clean up all the time. And given the whole mess with Sento spotting me, I'd *already* been feeling stupid.

[asmywitness]

You told him about work and he immediately confronted me about it.

[He sends a screencap of a few exchanges he and Hythlodaeus had, to hammer that point home.]

I was mad at you about it, yeah, but I was more worried that he'd tell someone just to see what happened. I didn't want you getting hurt because you decided to trust him, for whatever fucking reason. And evidently he's got no issues with telling people anyone else's personal information, given how he also started interrogating me for information on your durance.

And... yeah, I don't like people knowing things about me. For the exact same reason. I don't like people having things they can use against me.

[fingersandteeth]

Oh hell, of course he did that. Nosy bastard.

That said... some of the context for that shit he's asking is that he's... kind of serving as an ad hoc therapist for me right now. Among other things. Which doesn't mean it *wasn't* a dick move for him to discuss that shit with you like that.

I don't think he'll actually tell anyone anything that would cause trouble, though. If nothing else, he's told me things he absolutely does *not* want his ex- boyfriend to know and if any of us were imprisoned, I wouldn't *hesitate* to use them.

[asmywitness]

[He's a little annoyed how ready Steven is to forgive him, but the emotion is fleeting. Given how quickly Steven also forgives him his own transgressions, it's a bit rich.]

Well. Let him know in future then, that just because we're from the same world doesn't mean I'm required for your therapy. I'd honestly rather not be involved at all, your mental health isn't my business where it doesn't directly involve me.

And whatever he's been telling you about him and Solus, I don't want to know either. Just so that's on record.

[fingersandteeth]

You really, really don't. I *never* wanted to know so much detail about what fucking 'Solus' likes in bed.

But yeah. I'll tell him that.

[asmywitness]

Dude.

[come on man]

But no, I just. I don't want you to hate me. I like having you in my life and being my friend, it just. Keeps being complicated.

[fingersandteeth]

Just because I'm not sharing this terrible knowledge with you, doesn't mean you can get away without knowing what *kind* of knowledge I'm sparing you from.

But hopefully now that I've taught him about Gravlr, he'll *move on* and I won't have to hear it anymore either.

[Anyway.]

But yeah. Me too. Both, you know, wanting you in my life and everything being constantly complicated.

Also, uh, I've been doing these exercises in a thing called cognitive empathy since my normal kind is so shitty and in retrospect I just realized that I might have made you feel about me and Hythlodaeus the same way I was feeling about you and 'Solus' before, so sorry about that.

[asmywitness]

[...somehow he wasn't expecting that.]

Accepted. And. Sorry for going off at you and undermining you before. Just next time give me a heads up if you're gonna do something that ends up incriminating me, I guess.

[fingersandteeth]

Sure. No problem.

I'm glad we're good now.

(I'm taking Osomatsu on Baby's First Job this weekend, but after we're back from Ecruteak, do you want to hit up the used bookstore by the Radio Tower together?)

[asmywitness]

Sounds like a plan. It'll be nice hanging out again.

[fingersandteeth]

Yeah. It's only been a couple days, but I've missed you.