[Perhaps Jade could sit here, right now, and take apart her argument piece by piece with the ruthlessly dispassionate precision of a surgeon.
......Or perhaps he won't.]
I'd say that I have, in fact. But evidently you wouldn't believe me, now would you?
[Inadvisable as it remains, to have a properly sincere conversation with Clarke in this state. Not when it remains impossible to truly tell, if she's speaking her true thoughts on these matters.
(There's a part of Jade that hopes, after all, that her perception of this topic isn't truly this childish. ....No, surely not. Must be an exaggeration of the substance she's been enjoying, of late. And in that case, the most appropriate response would be--)]
The night grows later still, Clarke. I think you ought to get some sleep.
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......Or perhaps he won't.]
I'd say that I have, in fact. But evidently you wouldn't believe me, now would you?
[Inadvisable as it remains, to have a properly sincere conversation with Clarke in this state. Not when it remains impossible to truly tell, if she's speaking her true thoughts on these matters.
(There's a part of Jade that hopes, after all, that her perception of this topic isn't truly this childish. ....No, surely not. Must be an exaggeration of the substance she's been enjoying, of late. And in that case, the most appropriate response would be--)]
The night grows later still, Clarke. I think you ought to get some sleep.