...Hmph. So it was only me you were determined to never tell? I'm truly so much more reassured now.
[Rita, this isn't going to help with that wondering...not in the least....for all that she might have her reasons, yes, if this is how telling him is going to go every single time. That's the other sticking point, though, as far as Jade's concerned--maybe she simply shouldn't be doing things that she wouldn't even want to tell him about afterwards?? Surely that's not a difficult line of logic to utilize!!!
...But, well. All that quite aside. It seems that Rita's finally starting to settle back down now, at the very least...and so, in turn, the dry disappointment in Jade's own tone is finally lightening just a little. Ruling out 'vengeance' and citing only self-defense--is a start, if nothing else. The prospect of potentially having to field this issue with Rita yet again in the future is already a very tiring one, after all, so if that at least mitigates the possibility of a repeat somewhat...]
I never said you shouldn't defend yourself, if you're attacked. I suggest only that if there's a way to avert that attack before it begins, it would be worth taking--if only so multiple parties could be saved a great deal of trouble all around. [...So. It'd be nice, if that could be that. Is there anything else to say, at this point, that he hasn't already either said now or said before? The more pessimistic part of Jade does wonder if this conversation, too, is going to be rendered entirely moot yet again in another month or so. (...Goodness, it certainly is troublesome. Having to care this much, about this sort of thing. He didn't used to--)] ...Are you sure you don't require anything from a healer like Tear, at this stage of things? Your nose was the only major injury?
[Ugh...she would've rathered that he never found out at all, but just blurting it out like that right in front of him was kind of mortifying!! As if he doesn't already have enough disappointment in her... Even though this is exactly why she didn't want to tell him in the first place! The hiding part is clearly his fault...kind of...sort of...right??
Still, Rita doesn't answer that dry comment, just absently fiddling with her sleeves and brushing out imaginary wrinkles instead of meeting his eyes. He does start...backing down doesn't feel right here, it's more easing off--he starts easing off on her a little, but she doesn't feel very relieved about it, not when his disapproval is still ringing in her head.]
...
[Yeah, no comment immediately on her end, not until he asks about her injury (as if he hasn't already thoroughly bruised whatever remained of her pride...), and she idly kicks at the floor with the toe of her shoe.]
...That's all. Clarke treated it, anyway.
[There is definitely nothing petulant about this reply. Nothing petulant about it!!]
[Ah, Clarke, of course. She does seem to have some medical knowledge, Jade's gathered over time...and doubtless Rita must have set her to keep some sort of discretion too. From him specifically, apparently, which is still quite the aggravating idea...but whatever, he's not going to get any more hung up on that. He isn't!! Anyway--]
Well, then it sounds like there won't be any lasting disfigurement, at the very least. That's all I wished to know. [Rita's starting to avoid eye contact yet again, and the atmosphere overall is settling from upset to something rather more awkward. Jade opts to address it as brusquely as possible--there's kind of no proper ending to a conversation like this, really, so...] I've all the answers I need, so I shall excuse myself from your quarters now. Unless there's anything else you want to speak about?
[Good thing she wasn't looking to him for any bedside manner!! Even if, now that he's mentioned it, Tear's healing probably would have saved her a lot of pain and discomfort...
But now is...hm. She doesn't like how this has gone, of course, and part of her really would like for it to just end already. At the same time...just leaving it on this note...feels wrong. She just wishes she knew what would make it right.]
...It's...not like I'm happy this happened, or anything like that, you know...
B--besides, don't tell me you've never gotten in a fight like that before.
[It really isn't the most pleasant sort of note to end things on, is it? At this point it's the best that could be managed as far as Jade can tell, though; even if Rita were to outright ask, he couldn't really tell her how she could immediately make any of this right instead. The fight already happened, after all. If she'd just actually try her best not to let it happen again, in the future...]
No, you've been quite the opposite of happy about any of this thus far indeed. I'm hardly about to accuse that you might be.
[It's a silver lining, if anything, that she at least isn't proud of the turn of events. There's a bit of hope that it might make a repeat just a bit more unappealing, in that sense...
That other statement, though, has Jade giving Rita a rather long look. Goodness knows she's been familiar with him for well over a year by now--plenty of time, surely, to garner a sense of his own character. Is that even a sort of question that really needs answering? Even when he was Rita's age...]
A fistfight to prove something that I couldn't simply brush off with a word or a departure first? No, I'm afraid I cannot ever recall getting into such encounters. Surprising as you may or may not find it, I engage in fights that I either cannot avoid or will win. There is no in between. [Normal emotional outbursts? Simply can't relate. ........He'd always been too busy with...other projects....but, after a pause, Jade will concede one factor with a certain dryness:] Perhaps it's another type of common passion that I rather lack. But it's the truth of the matter.
[She doesn't formulate a proper response, but she...supposes that's as good as she can expect, that he at least agrees with something she's said. Even if it's of less importance than everything else...
But--look, yeah, she has known Jade for a while, but still!! Doesn't everyone get in at least one fight in their life? (Unless they're, like, practically a saint...which Jade is decidedly not, even if he is someone important!)]
N--not to prove anything, just when it's someone... [Then again, maybe she shouldn't be trying to argue this or it'll come back around to why she got in the fight in the first place...] N-nevermind.
Look--just--it's not going to happen again, okay? [At least--she'll try to avoid it.]
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[Rita, this isn't going to help with that wondering...not in the least....for all that she might have her reasons, yes, if this is how telling him is going to go every single time. That's the other sticking point, though, as far as Jade's concerned--maybe she simply shouldn't be doing things that she wouldn't even want to tell him about afterwards?? Surely that's not a difficult line of logic to utilize!!!
...But, well. All that quite aside. It seems that Rita's finally starting to settle back down now, at the very least...and so, in turn, the dry disappointment in Jade's own tone is finally lightening just a little. Ruling out 'vengeance' and citing only self-defense--is a start, if nothing else. The prospect of potentially having to field this issue with Rita yet again in the future is already a very tiring one, after all, so if that at least mitigates the possibility of a repeat somewhat...]
I never said you shouldn't defend yourself, if you're attacked. I suggest only that if there's a way to avert that attack before it begins, it would be worth taking--if only so multiple parties could be saved a great deal of trouble all around. [...So. It'd be nice, if that could be that. Is there anything else to say, at this point, that he hasn't already either said now or said before? The more pessimistic part of Jade does wonder if this conversation, too, is going to be rendered entirely moot yet again in another month or so. (...Goodness, it certainly is troublesome. Having to care this much, about this sort of thing. He didn't used to--)] ...Are you sure you don't require anything from a healer like Tear, at this stage of things? Your nose was the only major injury?
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Still, Rita doesn't answer that dry comment, just absently fiddling with her sleeves and brushing out imaginary wrinkles instead of meeting his eyes. He does start...backing down doesn't feel right here, it's more easing off--he starts easing off on her a little, but she doesn't feel very relieved about it, not when his disapproval is still ringing in her head.]
...
[Yeah, no comment immediately on her end, not until he asks about her injury (as if he hasn't already thoroughly bruised whatever remained of her pride...), and she idly kicks at the floor with the toe of her shoe.]
...That's all. Clarke treated it, anyway.
[There is definitely nothing petulant about this reply. Nothing petulant about it!!]
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Well, then it sounds like there won't be any lasting disfigurement, at the very least. That's all I wished to know. [Rita's starting to avoid eye contact yet again, and the atmosphere overall is settling from upset to something rather more awkward. Jade opts to address it as brusquely as possible--there's kind of no proper ending to a conversation like this, really, so...] I've all the answers I need, so I shall excuse myself from your quarters now. Unless there's anything else you want to speak about?
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But now is...hm. She doesn't like how this has gone, of course, and part of her really would like for it to just end already. At the same time...just leaving it on this note...feels wrong. She just wishes she knew what would make it right.]
...It's...not like I'm happy this happened, or anything like that, you know...
B--besides, don't tell me you've never gotten in a fight like that before.
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No, you've been quite the opposite of happy about any of this thus far indeed. I'm hardly about to accuse that you might be.
[It's a silver lining, if anything, that she at least isn't proud of the turn of events. There's a bit of hope that it might make a repeat just a bit more unappealing, in that sense...
That other statement, though, has Jade giving Rita a rather long look. Goodness knows she's been familiar with him for well over a year by now--plenty of time, surely, to garner a sense of his own character. Is that even a sort of question that really needs answering? Even when he was Rita's age...]
A fistfight to prove something that I couldn't simply brush off with a word or a departure first? No, I'm afraid I cannot ever recall getting into such encounters. Surprising as you may or may not find it, I engage in fights that I either cannot avoid or will win. There is no in between. [Normal emotional outbursts? Simply can't relate. ........He'd always been too busy with...other projects....but, after a pause, Jade will concede one factor with a certain dryness:] Perhaps it's another type of common passion that I rather lack. But it's the truth of the matter.
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[She doesn't formulate a proper response, but she...supposes that's as good as she can expect, that he at least agrees with something she's said. Even if it's of less importance than everything else...
But--look, yeah, she has known Jade for a while, but still!! Doesn't everyone get in at least one fight in their life? (Unless they're, like, practically a saint...which Jade is decidedly not, even if he is someone important!)]
N--not to prove anything, just when it's someone... [Then again, maybe she shouldn't be trying to argue this or it'll come back around to why she got in the fight in the first place...] N-nevermind.
Look--just--it's not going to happen again, okay? [At least--she'll try to avoid it.]