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[explosivecombat]

Once more, then, if you don't mind. I don't

[Mnngh.]

I'm not following very well.

[sadisticwarfare]

[..............]

Very well. I don't understand why you'd be irritated with me over a difference in beliefs. I understand that you put much more importance on it than I do, but I still don't see why that makes such a difference here.

I'm still bothered by the fact that you refused to bring it up with me in the first place. Yes, it wasn't something I wanted to hear, but that's not a reason to keep something like that from me, especially when it's spiraled into this mess. Imagine if something like this hadn't come up until an argument.

If this is about me being a hypocrite - and only that - then I'm really not sure what to tell you. It's not as though this is news to either of us.

[explosivecombat]

Why would it have come up in the context of an argument? There was no sense in bringing it up to you because I'm entirely aware that it's irrelevant.

[sadisticwarfare]

It's enough to irritate you. That's hardly "irrelevant".

[explosivecombat]

...Archer, even I'm not self-important enough to think that every little thing that bothers me is going to be relevant in the scheme of things.

[sadisticwarfare]

I'd hope I mean more to you than that.

[Archer]

You know how I am. I can't let something like that sit. If there's a problem, I have to address it. It doesn't matter how large of a problem it is. I'm particularly bad about it when it's a problem someone else has with me.

[..................]

Well, when it's a problem someone I like has with me.

[explosivecombat]

Of course you do.

...As for the rest, somehow I don't think an entirely genuine and non-sarcastic "I'm flattered that I'm worth your continued, albeit somewhat annoyed, perseverance" is anywhere near what my response to that should have been, but here we are, apparently.

[sadisticwarfare]

Do you really think I'd give up so easily? Honestly, Kimblee, I'm insulted. I'm far more dedicated than that, especially to those who have earned my favor.

[explosivecombat]

No, I know you are.

Unfortunately, I don't think I can answer you with regards to why this is bothering me.

[sadisticwarfare]

Is there anything I can do?

[explosivecombat]

I don't know. I'm not saying that I can't answer you because I don't want to; I'm saying it because I don't know the answer myself.

[sadisticwarfare]

I see. I'm afraid I don't know how I can help either.

[explosivecombat]

It's not something you have to try to fix, Archer; it's not a problem with you, per se.

[sadisticwarfare]

It doesn't feel right leaving it like this. Surely there's something I can do.

[explosivecombat]

Come out to Olivine with me.

Everything will be fine. I'll tell you if it isn't.

[sadisticwarfare]

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I'll hold you to that. When are you thinking of leaving?

[explosivecombat]

Well, as I've said, I do have to consult Isaac before I go gallivanting off anywhere.

[sadisticwarfare]

I'm sure he'd drop everything and find you. He'd probably let himself in during the middle of the night and scare us both half to death. I'm beginning to get used to this.

[explosivecombat]

You know, I was going to try to argue that, and I'm sure whatever I came up with would have been a lovely argument with several counterpoints, but the fact of the matter is that you're not wrong.

[sadisticwarfare]

Of course I'm not wrong. I'm beginning to think he's doing it on purpose. No one can be that dense.

[explosivecombat]

You'd be surprised at how much that man does on purpose, actually.

[sadisticwarfare]

Really? Well now I'm curious.

[explosivecombat]

I do have to keep some of his secrets, you know.

[sadisticwarfare]

You can't say something like that and then refuse to tell me what he's doing. That's rude.