[Since that's not quite disagreement, it's really the best result that could be hoped for. Dunno what else anyone was expecting. Still, while this sort of bluntness seems like something Lapis should be able to roll with, she is in fact uneasy. Sure she's used to being blunt when she chooses, but she's even more used to leaving things at noncommittal nonanswers or just keeping her trap shut -- all the moreso with Peridot, who she's built all these habits with. Being forthright is weird!]
And if it's just the two of us, we -- can probably handle this -- right? [And she ends up fumbling over her words because things don't come out the way she thinks they will; that one kept getting more and more uncertain.] You mostly sound the same as usual, you already say whatever you're thinking. And you do already know about my stuff, I just don't... normally... say it. [Beat.] Or, again, talk this much in general.
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[Since that's not quite disagreement, it's really the best result that could be hoped for. Dunno what else anyone was expecting. Still, while this sort of bluntness seems like something Lapis should be able to roll with, she is in fact uneasy. Sure she's used to being blunt when she chooses, but she's even more used to leaving things at noncommittal nonanswers or just keeping her trap shut -- all the moreso with Peridot, who she's built all these habits with. Being forthright is weird!]
And if it's just the two of us, we -- can probably handle this -- right? [And she ends up fumbling over her words because things don't come out the way she thinks they will; that one kept getting more and more uncertain.] You mostly sound the same as usual, you already say whatever you're thinking. And you do already know about my stuff, I just don't... normally... say it. [Beat.] Or, again, talk this much in general.