reverie overflow.

[vecna]

i still haven't put something less stupid here

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[velluminous]

...How so.

[vecna]

I told you that it was government research, didn't I? The kind that none of the administration wanted getting out. "Magic", as you call it, is not normal in my world. Those children, and myself, were secrets that were never allowed to take one step out of that laboratory.

[velluminous]

[ was. were.

takes a deeper sip of this crappy beer]

And so...

[vecna]

[Was. Were.]

And so that gives you a little more context. I'm much more sheltered than I look. Living in the same place, with the same routine, day in and day out -- it isn't like I had a chance to accrue a lot of life experiences.

[Thus why he wouldn't know what wine is which. Why her city felt impossibly grand, with its fantastical locations. Why he was jealous of it, just a little.]

[velluminous]

[ it sounds so stifling. she would go mad. ]

Well. Here you are now.

[vecna]

[Go mad, contain one's anger until it reached culminated in violence that was long overdue, same difference.]

Not much better, save for the company.

No offense to the children, of course.

[velluminous]

But they are children.

[ unspoken: and I am so much more interesting and accomplished and intelligent than children ]

[vecna]

Talented children.

[The kids weren't that bad, save for the bullies.]

[velluminous]

I am not arguing for my merits against children.

[vecna]

[Jokingly:] Something tells me you would.

[velluminous]

Oh, shut up.

[vecna]

But you do love your merits, Sprezzatura.

[velluminous]

Ms Vaux.

[vecna]

At this point, I haven’t earned a first-name basis?

[velluminous]

I like to be called Ms.

[vecna]

Even by friends?

[velluminous]

Of course.

[ Reim called her that. Miles called her that. hell, Theo called her Ms Vaux. ]

[vecna]

[Curious.]

Why the formality?

[velluminous]

[ "My parents used my given name like disparagement." ]

Superiority complex, perhaps?

[vecna]

[Liar.]

Or inferiority, instead? Could be taken both ways, you know.

[velluminous]

Inferior! Don't be ridiculous.

[vecna]

To make you feel more important. Ms Vaux. That’s all I mean.

[velluminous]

[ well, fuck. this is actually worse. her brow ticks ]

Nonsense. But what is so wrong about feeling important?

[vecna]

Well, nothing, I suppose. But even between friends?

[velluminous]

Do you think we're friends, Henry, or are you making point?