[IC] Day 83, during the game

[thexfactor]

[ dateee ]

Comments

[thexfactor]

Mmm. And the situation is less intense for sure.

[grandstanding]

It is. But it's something my team doesn't talk about enough.

[because they don't talk in seriousness enough]

[thexfactor]

Neither does mine. The perils of being an adult, I imagine.

[grandstanding]

I don't think adulthood has much to do with it, really.

[thexfactor]

Then what do you think it is?

[grandstanding]

[he moves another piece on the board.]

A lack of closeness... differing opinions.

[thexfactor]

Your team adores you, Erik.

[grandstanding]

Star and Flame might.

[and that's quite the admission, coming from him.]

The others don't. In any case, adoration isn't the issue.

[thexfactor]

I guess it'll work out.

[grandstanding]

I'll make sure it does.

[thexfactor]

Mmm. I know.

[grandstanding]

[takes another piece, in silence]

[thexfactor]

It'll work out, Erik.

[grandstanding]

Yes, I know.

[thexfactor]

[ takes his hand, kissing his knuckles ]

[grandstanding]

[he extends his fingers, moving them to cover Charles's cheek.]

I'm not upset. Just thinking.

[thexfactor]

I know, but still . . .

[grandstanding]

It's just a fact. I don't see things the same way they do.

[thexfactor]

Fair enough.

[grandstanding]

I don't think we've been placed together because we're of like minds.

[thexfactor]

We've been placed together before.

[grandstanding]

I know we have, but I meant our teams here. I don't think being similar has anything to do with why teams end up as they are.

[thexfactor]

No, I suppose not.

[grandstanding]

And if it worked like that, we would have been placed together again.

[thexfactor]

[ shakes his head ]

You don't mind that though.