[ it's with a quick, sheepish oi that charles objects to the laughter — not very much of an objection, really, when he knows full well he kind of deserves it. who just up and forgets the entire point of this whole thing? him, apparently. it's junpei's fault, though — he doesn't quite know how it's his fault, only that it definitely is. ]
Hey, I don't mind, [ he says, because truly, junpei could start over ten times and he'd be just fine with that. (which, considering the half of a heart attack he got when he realised they'd be standing here twice as long, well, maybe it's a thought he should examine in more detail, at some point. eventually.) ]
No. [ and then he surprises himself with how much he means that — that he's really not just asking because he knows he'd mess it up completely if he tried on his own. junpei is hardly the only one he knows, here, who would be able to do this, help him with it all, and yet he's the only one he wants to help him, which. another thought to maybe examine later at some nebulous point in the future! ]
No, [ he repeats, softer, ] Not just because of that. [ and because he's feeling strangely unmoored, then, he adds with a joking edge, ] I mean, that is part of it.
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Hey, I don't mind, [ he says, because truly, junpei could start over ten times and he'd be just fine with that. (which, considering the half of a heart attack he got when he realised they'd be standing here twice as long, well, maybe it's a thought he should examine in more detail, at some point. eventually.) ]
No. [ and then he surprises himself with how much he means that — that he's really not just asking because he knows he'd mess it up completely if he tried on his own. junpei is hardly the only one he knows, here, who would be able to do this, help him with it all, and yet he's the only one he wants to help him, which. another thought to maybe examine later at some nebulous point in the future! ]
No, [ he repeats, softer, ] Not just because of that. [ and because he's feeling strangely unmoored, then, he adds with a joking edge, ] I mean, that is part of it.