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[swiftlet]

[Swift is, let's be honest, not great with using this thing. It feels clunky and unnecessary, but it's what he's got to work with. Not everyone is a har, so he'll learn to live with it. Maybe eventually he'll even get good at it.

As it is for now, when the video starts he's glaring at the screen and it catches the tail end of a curse before he schools his face into a more neutral, perhaps diplomatic, expression.]

As I understand it, Seel har Parasiel has been here for quite some time...alone, let's say. [Unsupervised. He means unsupervised. He hasn't had a proper babysitter.] I would like to take a moment to apologize personally if he's been incorrigible or stubborn or plain mean. I don't know all of what he said to everyone, but I'm hoping it won't be a problem for much longer. [It will still be a problem for a while until Seel gets used to having Swift around again, and he knows that. He's at least prepared for it. This by itself is going to cause a fight.]

If you are having problems with him, please don't hesitate to contact me and I'll make sure it's taken care of. Once again, I am very sorry and I'll do my best to make sure it doesn't happen again.

Comments

[loveathousandyearsgone]

He has not been that troublesome in my limited experience. He did what he could in helping me bring life back to the orchard.

[swiftlet]

I'm both shocked and not. But I'm glad, at least, that he hasn't been too grating yet.

[toiletseat_girl]

Shared a house with 'im for nearly six months. He spoke to me all of twice and was an asshole both times.

[swiftlet]

That doesn't surprise me. For what it's worth, I am sorry for it.

[dreamsallotted]

[Seel is in the living room, because Swift has locked himself in the bedroom to make that damn video. Smart, because Seel was furious right now. Luckily, not furious enough to hit him but pretty damn angry. He spent some time silently on the couch, trying to remember how to breathe and unclench his muscles before turning on the video, even if he could have shouted through the damn door.]

Really Swift? You're apologizing for me.

[toiletseat_girl]

So that's, like, his default state? And it's cool. I'll live.

[swiftlet]

Well, you weren't going to do it. Somehar had to. [Swift is not stupid, Seel.

[swiftlet]

Essentially, yes. He occasionally has other moods, but they sometimes seem rather fleeting. Or specific.

[dreamsallotted]

No I wasn't. Because I do not need to apologize. And I certainly don't need somehar doing it for me.

[He means you.]

[swiftlet]

I can't believe you actually think you have nothing to apologize for.

[toiletseat_girl]

Damn. I do not envy you. How'd you guys get together?

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[64th]

[ Cashmere looks cross. there's certainly more to the story, but she's immediately ready to jump to Seel's defense. ]

What? Seel hasn't done anything wrong. Cal's the asshole. You can't blame Seel for reacting to the circumstances he's been put in and the people he's had to deal with.

[swiftlet]

I don't think he'd appreciate me telling you the story and I'm in enough trouble as it is. [Even if technically Swift is the one in charge.]

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[swiftlet]

By that measure, you can't blame Cal, either. What that har has been through far outweighs what Seel has had to deal with.

I do understand that he has different moods, but most of them seem o be more antagonistic than anything else.

[dreamsallotted]

[Seel scowled at that, but he knew that tone of voice and he knew that look. Swift was not happy.]

What do you want me to do?

[64th]

[ she shakes her head. ] No, it's not the same. Seel's a good person. Cal isn't. And I have my suspicions about you.

[toiletseat_girl]

That's cool. Wouldn't want you to get in more trouble.

So, how're you liking the place?

[swiftlet]

I'm sure.

What am I supposed to say? "It isn't home" is probably the politest thing I've thought about it so far.

[swiftlet]

How do you know Cal isn't?

[swiftlet]

Try to be a nicer har. Be polite to the neighbors. Maybe apologize yourself once in a while.

[toiletseat_girl]

I don't know. Some people love it. Other people hate it. If "it isn't home" is the politest thing you've thought about it, I'm guessing you fall into the latter category.

[dreamsallotted]

[Seel hated when Swift did that. The polite logic. The truth he couldn't actually argue with.]

What if I don't want to be nice? I enjoy being an utter bitch sometimes.

[A lot of the time.]

[swiftlet]

No offense intended, but Forever is much nicer. [Even if there are all sorts of problems he doesn't want to have to deal with]

[swiftlet]

I noticed. But it never helps anything.

[dreamsallotted]

[Says you, he felt a lot better after he locked Cal up and tortured him for thirty years. And people wonder why he needs a babysitter.]

It helped me.