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[littletonoidea]

"This is the audio log of Communications Officer Doug Eiffel of the-- previously of the U.S.S Hephaestus, leave a message and I'll see if I can bear to drag myself away from whatever utterly engaging task I must be doing to not notice my comms--"

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[littletonoidea]

"Oh, well, I stopped worrying about being accepted by strangers a long time ago. Some time in high school, probably." After a certain point you just. Stop trying to make friends, it's just easier. "I'm worried about whoever I'm with getting hurt 'cos of me. Which, like- I know that's not a problem here, everyone is weirdly accepting about all the rainbow crap we've got going on."

Certainly because there's bigger issues than whether you're gay or not, but also hey - he used we there. Progress?

He pauses, and huffs a short burst of smoke out his nose. "I think I'm just really getting up in my own head about it, huh."

[reformedsinner]

"Maybe a little," Gonou agrees gently, glancing up at Eiffel with a quick smile. "But also-- I don't think you need to worry that Jedao will be hurt. He can almost beat me in a fight with my limiters off."

And it might have been more than almost if he hadn't been trying not to go for the kill -- but there's no need to bring down the mood like that. Instead, still gentle, he adds, "You're much more likely to hurt him by trying to keep him at a distance than by getting too close."