"I'm daft as they come, so you're in good company there. But does that mean I don't have the right to make my life easier, if there's something I'm struggling with?"
Empathy for others is so much easier than sympathy for oneself after all.
Ossie sighs. Rather like arguing with himself shortly after he dropped out of university. Bash will sit on this metaphorical nail until he's good and ready to get up off it, and there's nothing Ossie can much do about it.
"Thank you for telling me about this, in any case. This was... nasty business, soup to nuts, I can only hope we're not in for a repeat."
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Date: 2022-10-31 05:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-10-31 05:26 am (UTC)Empathy for others is so much easier than sympathy for oneself after all.
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Date: 2022-10-31 05:34 am (UTC)He pulls the lid off his coffee to look into the cup, as if he could scry in the liquid's surface. Or perhaps so he can dunk a pastry in it.
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Date: 2022-10-31 05:42 am (UTC)"Thank you for telling me about this, in any case. This was... nasty business, soup to nuts, I can only hope we're not in for a repeat."
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Date: 2022-11-09 04:10 am (UTC)Ossie stands to give Bash a gentle pat on the arm.
"I'm not the sort that holds grudges against genuine mistakes, old thing. We'll be alright."