[HE CAN'T PUT "ART SUPPLY SUGAR DADDY" ON A BUSINESS CARD HILDA, FOR ONE THING IT WON'T FIT]
...I suppose we first met when I was seventeen.
[He's quiet a moment, but this time it doesn't feel like stalling so much as reminiscing silently; his eyes go a little distant with memory, like he's trying to figure out how to frame the recollection.]
I wasn't afforded much autonomy, but I did manage to persuade certain people with pull that I would benefit from learning a set of practical skills. Self-defense, crisis response, things like that. And he was the poor rookie saddled with the unenviable job of babysitting the VIP.
[He pauses, throwing a sideways smile her way.]
I'm sure this will come as a complete surprise to you, but occasionally it's fun to be difficult for the sake of attention. I certainly was. But he wouldn't give it to me, and it just made me want to act out more, to see if I could get a rise out of him.
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...I suppose we first met when I was seventeen.
[He's quiet a moment, but this time it doesn't feel like stalling so much as reminiscing silently; his eyes go a little distant with memory, like he's trying to figure out how to frame the recollection.]
I wasn't afforded much autonomy, but I did manage to persuade certain people with pull that I would benefit from learning a set of practical skills. Self-defense, crisis response, things like that. And he was the poor rookie saddled with the unenviable job of babysitting the VIP.
[He pauses, throwing a sideways smile her way.]
I'm sure this will come as a complete surprise to you, but occasionally it's fun to be difficult for the sake of attention. I certainly was. But he wouldn't give it to me, and it just made me want to act out more, to see if I could get a rise out of him.