WELL, IT'S KINDA LIKE LEARNING CHESS. IF YOU SEE WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING, YOU CAN GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THEY WANT, AND IF YOU KNOW WHAT THEY WANT, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'LL DO. YOU JUST HAVE TO GET ONE THING TO CLICK!
THEN THAT'S MY MISTAKE! IT'S COMPLICATED - REAL COMPLICATED. THE BETTER YOU KNOW A PERSON THE BETTER YOU GET AT IT, BUT SOMETIMES BEING SOCIAL MEANS TRYING TO READ SOMEONE YOU JUST MET, AND THOSE ARE PRACTICALLY TWO DIFFERENT BALLPARKS.
BUT, HEY, MULTIDIMENSIONAL PARADIGM THEORY IS COMPLICATED, TOO.
[nice bill?? encouraging bill?? reassuring bill??? it isn't that Bill has never been nice to Ford before. It's just never been this frequent. Ford cracks a smile.]
I suppose I could try thinking about it like that. See what I can figure out.
[Is he....not okay? Bill seems very sure that Ford is not okay. But if he weren't okay, he'd have noticed, right? But Bill knows him. Bill's Ford-knowledge is better than Ford's self-knowledge. Maybe....Ford should think about this? That he is unhappy with who he is?
....who he is is disconnected from what is acceptable normal behavior, which is just a fact that makes life more difficult, not something to like or dislike. He's fine.]
Okay.
....[Is he missing something?]
....I'm not about to become incapacitated because of something I've missed, am I?
"WELL, I WAS IN THE POOL FOR AWHILE. HAD TO THINK ABOUT SOME STUFF. I THINK I'M GOING TO TRY TO BRING BACK THE SECOND DIMENSION. AND LUKE IS DEPRESSED ABOUT SOMETHING KYLO TOLD HIM ABOUT HIS FUTURE, BUT THAT'S BEEN ON LOW BOIL FOR A LONG TIME I THINK?
[Oh dear. Well, the bit about Luke is concerning for sure, and he can't help wondering how long Bill was in the pool, but one of those things gets most of his attention.]
You're really bringing back the world you came from?
[Disregard the what-about-you, Ford can get back to talking about himself whenever! This is big.]
NOT EVERYBODY WAS AWFUL. WHEN LUKE LIVED THERE, HE JOINED A REBELLION. YOU KNOW, THE WAY HE DOES. BUT I CAN'T EASILY PICK OUT WHO DESERVED TO LIVE OR DIE! AND I'M OUT ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I WANTED.
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Date: 2019-12-15 05:17 pm (UTC)[A little bitter.]
...FORD, YOU KNOW BEING GOOD WITH PEOPLE'S A SKILL YOU CAN LEARN, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT'S BETTER TO LEARN IT AS A KID, BUT EVERYTHING IS.
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Date: 2019-12-16 01:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-12-16 01:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-12-16 02:01 am (UTC)[Skeptical. But listening.]
Such as?
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Date: 2019-12-16 02:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-12-16 10:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-12-16 10:38 pm (UTC)BUT, HEY, MULTIDIMENSIONAL PARADIGM THEORY IS COMPLICATED, TOO.
[And Ford put his mind to that and picked it up!]
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Date: 2019-12-16 10:46 pm (UTC)I suppose I could try thinking about it like that. See what I can figure out.
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Date: 2019-12-16 10:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-12-16 10:57 pm (UTC)[He shifts in the arm nest, finding a hand to squeeze affectionately.]
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Date: 2019-12-16 11:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-12-17 12:11 am (UTC)I just happen to know all of the things I'm not good at!
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Date: 2019-12-17 12:12 am (UTC)[come on dont do the thing youre doing]
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Date: 2019-12-17 12:15 am (UTC)[He is totally not but Ford's definition of "fine" is "not immediately falling apart and able to continue on," so it's not a lie.]
I have a healthy estimation of my own abilities.
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Date: 2019-12-17 12:24 am (UTC)AAAGH.
[DO NOT MANAGE]
OKAY. OKAY. I'M TRUSTING YOU, THAT YOU'RE FINE.
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Date: 2019-12-17 04:19 am (UTC)....who he is is disconnected from what is acceptable normal behavior, which is just a fact that makes life more difficult, not something to like or dislike. He's fine.]
Okay.
....[Is he missing something?]
....I'm not about to become incapacitated because of something I've missed, am I?
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Date: 2019-12-17 04:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-12-17 09:03 pm (UTC)[what's bill know that ford doesnt know? this is going to nag at him, but he doesn't want to go into it now.]
Is there anything else I've missed? Not about my mental state. I mean in general! With you!
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Date: 2019-12-17 09:08 pm (UTC)WHAT ABOUT YOU."
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Date: 2019-12-17 09:13 pm (UTC)You're really bringing back the world you came from?
[Disregard the what-about-you, Ford can get back to talking about himself whenever! This is big.]
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Date: 2019-12-17 09:28 pm (UTC)YEAH. EVEN IF IT WAS NEVER REAL, I REMEMBER IT AND LUKE REMEMBERS IT.
[Wait, does he need to clarify that?]
FROM THE FLOOD WHERE HE WAS A TRIANGLE.
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Date: 2019-12-17 10:28 pm (UTC)He mentioned that his world was terrible.
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Date: 2019-12-17 10:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-12-17 10:55 pm (UTC)[Not that he's arguing, he's just really surprised.]
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Date: 2019-12-17 10:59 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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