If you want to play games, then we can play games. But if you're serious, then be serious.
I want to know
[But the thought goes unfinished, at least for a little while, as he tries to push away instinct and compulsion in favor of something more tenuous, setting aside his own natural way of looking at the world to try to see a different one. He's not one to go looking for friends. She wants to be one of his. And he's not altogether sure how her view maps with this idea, and that's a problem.]
I don't know what you're asking. So the reason I'm not answering is because I don't want to risk being wrong.
Framing it as asking whether I want you is a touchy subject. Do you want this to be about feelings? Or do you want a transaction, however mutually beneficial?
I just want to know what's on the table. I'm asking as a...friend.
no subject
I want to know
[But the thought goes unfinished, at least for a little while, as he tries to push away instinct and compulsion in favor of something more tenuous, setting aside his own natural way of looking at the world to try to see a different one. He's not one to go looking for friends. She wants to be one of his. And he's not altogether sure how her view maps with this idea, and that's a problem.]
I don't know what you're asking. So the reason I'm not answering is because I don't want to risk being wrong.
Framing it as asking whether I want you is a touchy subject. Do you want this to be about feelings? Or do you want a transaction, however mutually beneficial?
I just want to know what's on the table. I'm asking as a...friend.