imaginist | ic spam @e.waldinger

It's a documented phenomenon that people undergo a type of emotional regression during the holidays when returning to their childhood home. If I were behaving like a reasonable adult, I would've left already.

An entrepreneur and the breadwinner. Just how did your father win her over?

And they've gotta serve dinner soon, I guess. You've almost made it.

He's actually charming. It's his worst quality by far.

Almost. In the meantime, I have you to bring me down to earth.

That explains so much about you. What's it like, being around him again?

Happy to be a distraction.

Does it? [...] Sometimes it seems like he's grown up a lot and sometimes it feels a lot like it did when I was a kid. Which wasn't always bad. [...] I think I am going to leave tonight, though.

It does. You are stubbornly resistant to people trying to charm you.

Maybe you can take the good parts and leave behind the bad. [...] You're going to your foster family's after, right?

I'm just prone to assuming they're full of shit, mostly.

For a day or two a year, I can. [...] Yeah. They're out in your direction.

You'd be right, mostly. But that only makes it more rewarding when you fall for my shit.

Alas, my flight back to Vermont is in the morning. We'll miss each other.

You are [...] uncommonly clever.

Bad planning.

Well, now who's being charming?

You deserve a break. But I'm looking forward to checking your physical status when you return to the station.

Just honest.

I've been trying not to think about it. [...] But I guess I'm looking forward to it, too. I miss you.

I know. It's what I find most charming about you.

I [...] Think of it as the first step to determining if Manuel Antonio is a feasible venture. You decide how much change you can tolerate, and I'll look into becoming beach-appropriate.

I found a wikihow article called "How to Have Fun at the Beach" if you think that'd help.

Wikihow is crowdsourced. I'm not taking advice on having fun at the beach from anything less than an accredited expert.

I'm the expert.

I want to see your certifications.

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