one } voice; un: jane doe (they know what everybody knows)

[scathefires]

Who wants to help me settle a bet? I've got two questions if you do.

One - do you have an expression where you're from that goes "close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades"?

And two - what the hell do horseshoes and hand grenades have to do with each other anyway?

private to seifer and nida.

So we never went camping, back in the village.

[that's. pathetic, but it's the best he can do for offering an olive branch to his brothers.]

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[firacrux]

...I'll take care of the food.

[scathefires]

I'm not picky. And it's not like you're a bad cook - I trust you.

[firacrux]

[Jason has no idea how much he appreciates hearing that.]

All right, I'll make sure we're all well fed. You can count on me.

[He won't let them down.]

[scathefires]

[jason considers making some kind of quip in response, because that's how his brain has been trained to work, but he decides against it. he knows how it feels to be overwhelmingly not trusted, and he knows how much it means to have someone express trust anyway, even for something as small as cooking meals. everything he knows about seifer leads him to believe they might be similar in this respect, and jason genuinely means it. he trust seifer for more than planning what to eat.]

I know I can.

[firacrux]

[It does mean a lot. He'll act like it doesn't, like he doesn't completely understand the effort it takes to be straight forward and not make sarcastic quips instead. But he does, and he appreciates it. Helpful at diffusing those gross emotions as sarcasm is, it always leaves the question in the air about how they really feel. Always leaving things just a little nebulous. It's safe, and superficial. Always keeping that distance.

He appreciates when someone doesn't hold him at arm's length.

So there's a faint smile, it's quick and easy to miss, but it's there right before he nods once and turns off the feed. Got some plans to make.]