I have considered that possibility. But I wanted to confirm with you that you did no such thing first. So that if you did, I could have a polite discussion about the fact that while you may be friends with Mr. Rogers and I have attempted to extend an olive branch his way, he continues to be someone with whom I have contention.
...disappointed?
It wasn't disappointed you were looking for was it?
Not perturbed at you, perturbed at the turn of events, Oswald
Edward! I didn't assume it was you! That's why I asked! To make sure it wasn't!
[There is a bit of pleading desperation in his voice because text just wouldn't do it justice and Ed had to know he really wasn't mad at him. Just... mad. In general.
[A strangled groan of frustration. He'd picked Kristen entirely on the assumption she wouldn't volunteer unneeded information without being asked. He didn't like the idea that he'd misjudged her in that regard.]
Alright. I'll ask her. And if she did, I'll... simply ask her not to bring Mr. Rogers up in conversation when someone asks about me.
[And maybe threaten her a little. Verbally. Not physically. He liked her. So he'd be nice about it.]
[If you can't hear the eyeroll in his tone, Ed, then he was somehow not dismissive and sarcastic enough.]
My mother's safety and security is at stake here, Ed! If Steve ruined my chance to make sure she's well taken care of, somewhere far from where I'm running a brothel, then he's going to pay!
I know it is, Oswald. If he has, then...yes. I suppose that he'll have to. But he's too....ingratiated? With the townfolk to just kill him and have done with it. Probably you'd need to ruin his reputation or something.
If he has ruined it, we'll find a way. There are other hauses. There are certainly people in them who are less...I can't remember the word. Stringent?
[There's a pregnant pause and eventually and audible gulp. Oswald suddenly realizing that this arrangement he was trying to make might be uncomfortable for Ed. For him, it was entirely clinical. All business. But the way Ed said that...]
Do you- Are you... Do you want me to tell her I can no longer be considered?
[He kind of barreled on, speaking almost immediately despite the answer, not quite processing that it had been given just yet.]
We're together and if you're uncomfortable with this then I can work on finding another way to secure my mother's future and safety. I won't even be able to get her for another four months so it's not like it's really interrupting anything...
[And then the answer hits and there is so much relief in his voice.]
Oh. Okay. Good. I... I wouldn't want to... I'd be thinking of you the whole time. You know. When I...
I have no reason to volunteer, everything and everyone I care about is already here. [ Meaning Oswald. ] And I certainly don't care if her Haus flourishes or dies with her.
You do not, no. We're both in this relationship and aware of what has and has not transpired yet. Things take their own time.
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Disturbed. Distressed. Disquieted.
I have considered that possibility. But I wanted to confirm with you that you did no such thing first. So that if you did, I could have a polite discussion about the fact that while you may be friends with Mr. Rogers and I have attempted to extend an olive branch his way, he continues to be someone with whom I have contention.
...disappointed?
It wasn't disappointed you were looking for was it?
Not perturbed at you, perturbed at the turn of events,
Oswald
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I don't know what word I was looking for.
It wasn't me.
Yours,
Edward
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[There is a bit of pleading desperation in his voice because text just wouldn't do it justice and Ed had to know he really wasn't mad at him. Just... mad. In general.
Please don't be disappointed in him, Ed.]
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Who else did you tell her to contact?
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[A strangled groan of frustration. He'd picked Kristen entirely on the assumption she wouldn't volunteer unneeded information without being asked. He didn't like the idea that he'd misjudged her in that regard.]
Alright. I'll ask her. And if she did, I'll... simply ask her not to bring Mr. Rogers up in conversation when someone asks about me.
[And maybe threaten her a little. Verbally. Not physically. He liked her. So he'd be nice about it.]
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Has he said something that will make her not choose you?
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I doubt the two are unrelated.
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[If you can't hear the eyeroll in his tone, Ed, then he was somehow not dismissive and sarcastic enough.]
My mother's safety and security is at stake here, Ed! If Steve ruined my chance to make sure she's well taken care of, somewhere far from where I'm running a brothel, then he's going to pay!
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I know it is, Oswald. If he has, then...yes. I suppose that he'll have to. But he's too....ingratiated? With the townfolk to just kill him and have done with it. Probably you'd need to ruin his reputation or something.
If he has ruined it, we'll find a way. There are other hauses. There are certainly people in them who are less...I can't remember the word. Stringent?
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Do you- Are you... Do you want me to tell her I can no longer be considered?
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[ If he were going to do that, he certainly wouldn't wait until Oswald were this far into the process before raising an objection. ]
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[He kind of barreled on, speaking almost immediately despite the answer, not quite processing that it had been given just yet.]
We're together and if you're uncomfortable with this then I can work on finding another way to secure my mother's future and safety. I won't even be able to get her for another four months so it's not like it's really interrupting anything...
[And then the answer hits and there is so much relief in his voice.]
Oh. Okay. Good. I... I wouldn't want to... I'd be thinking of you the whole time. You know. When I...
...donated.
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Would you?
I don't think she'll find a better candidate than you.
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[Ego? What ego?]
Not that you wouldn't be a fine one, of course, but I'd hardly think it worth your time.
[And if Ed volunteered he might have to stab the woman. So it's good he didn't. Hypocrite? Yes. Very much so.]
And... I know we haven't... progressed to that... but... yes... I mean... Of course.... I don't really need to explain that further, do I?
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You do not, no. We're both in this relationship and aware of what has and has not transpired yet. Things take their own time.
...do you bowl? [ What a subject shift. ]
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...no, actual bowling. People seem to be congregating over at the bowling alley this weekend. I was considering seeing why.
[ For bowling, one assumes. ]
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Are you asking me to go with you?
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You don't have to, obviously.
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[Oh god. bowling shoes *shudders*]
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