[IC] Day 67, Afternoon

[thexfactor]

[ sometimes, future megalomaniacs like to have dates. ]

Comments

[thexfactor]

Swap it?

[grandstanding]

I mean get rid of it and give you a real one.

[thexfactor]

Erik, if we could do that, everyone would have done it.

No . . . An explanation will do.

[grandstanding]

A solution.

[thexfactor]

I'll take either.

[grandstanding]

[it has to be a solution or nothing; but Erik drops the matter, for now. he moves to sit next to Charles again.]

[thexfactor]

Thank you for being here.

[grandstanding]

It's fine.

[thexfactor]

Perhaps. But you deserve thanks anyway.

[grandstanding]

You thank me too much as it is.

[thexfactor]

Do I? What's wrong with that?

[grandstanding]

It's excessive.

[thexfactor]

Only you would see it that way.

[grandstanding]

Only you'd insist on it.

[thexfactor]

People should feel valued.

[grandstanding]

I do.

[thexfactor]

That's a relief.

[grandstanding]

[leans over and kisses Charles' temple]

[thexfactor]

[ smiles at him ]

[grandstanding]

All right?

[thexfactor]

I'm fine. Just a bit shaken, that's all.

[grandstanding]

Yes...

[thexfactor]

But I'm fine now, really.

[grandstanding]

[he nods, after a moment]

Well, I'm here for the night in any case.

[thexfactor]

How fortunate for both of us.