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i_speak_softly) wrote2000-03-05 10:55 pm
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Luceti Appointments
Need a thread with Don, but don't have a post for it and don't feel like starting one? Stick it here. Please note date, time of day, location, and any relevant circumstances.
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I... suppose your family would clean it thoroughly first, at any rate...
... And if anything, it certainly proves... your resourcefulness.
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[He reaches for a nearby water bottle and takes a drink.]
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... Why? It would be so dangerous...
[Not to mention horrifying. Think of all the bacteria!]
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... Your family is... very strong.
Still, I am happy that you have better access here... [He looks around the room again.] And... I should look into this sort of thing myself.
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[Don selects a five-pound barbell and hands it to Robert, then takes a twenty-pound weight for himself, holding it at his side with elbow slightly bent and palm facing forward.]
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After a moment, he emulates Don's posture, balancing the barbell on his hand with obsessive care.]
... Like this?
[... It might be somewhat off. Feel free to correct him.]
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There you go.
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... Now what exactly do I do?
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Now you lift it.
[And he demonstrates a bicep curl. If Robert knows what to watch for, he will notice that the lifting comes from Don's upper arm, and not from his shoulder or back.]
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... This is... interesting.
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[And he lifts again.]
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I never thought I would be doing something like this.
... Then again, you do seem to be that sort of person... giving me all sorts of new experiences.
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But he nods brightly anyway.]
Of course, Don... It is never ethical to do something without someone's explicit consent.
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I think sometimes you say yes when you don't mean it.
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... Why do you say that?
[It's actually a genuine question. Robert doesn't exactly see this from the same perspective...]
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Am I wrong?
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[Robert gnaws a lip anxiously before admitting:] ... Perhaps not entirely.
[That's the most weasel-word-ingest way of saying no, ever.]
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... I do not want to... to be a disappointment. Or... or to get this wrong again...
[So much hinges on this, for Robert. Getting it wrong isn't acceptable.]
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