[She doesn't react much to his minor panic attack, other than shooting him a flat semi-amused look for two seconds. Dude, come on, what did he think was going to hurt him in here? But since he obliges, she tips, sticking her legs out in front of her and crossing them at the ankles.]
Guess so.
[Allie kind of wishes she could say something smart or poetic like that. All she can do is agree and rub the itch on her nose.]
[ At least this was more a jolt of surprise than a 'reach for the knife' moment. He keeps his arm up on the rest and absolutely does not let it fall to loop over her. She might get the wrong idea!
Rex's odd relationship with his own intelligence means he doesn't quite grasp her feelings on the matter. How he can simultaneously think he's not that smart but also think he can do anything with time and effort is a mystery. ]
Hmm.
[ He mulls over the question a little as the show shifts from the crocodile to visitors to the water it can't make a meal of. Elephants. He's never seen one in the flesh. Never been to a zoo, a place he imagines is dismally sad. ]
I try to avoid it whenever possible. A battle not fought is a battle won, they say.
[ That doesn't answer the question really. It's hard to pick a lie, because the truth is that the only time he feels alive is when fighting to the death and then just feels all the more dead when it ends. ]
I don't imagine so, as it's typically used to refer to battlefield tactics rather than day to day altercations.
[ Still, she does have a point. So he adds- ]
Personally, I've always interpreted it to mean it's better to smack someone in the back of the head when they least expect it than square off with them fairly.
[ After all, as much as he acknowledges proper fights to the death are dangerous to his mental health as much as his physical... sometimes you have to put someone down. Usually something, especially since he's started this whole 'saving the world' thing that is just. A bad time. ]
[She pops the 'p' in her response, green eyes still trained on the television screen. Hell, he could be watching the home shopping network and she wouldn't complain. TV is a good way to kill time and just bask in someone else's honest company for a while.]
Reckon that's not real easy to do to you, since most people can't reach that high.
[ Rex is used to splitting his attention through multiple tasks and since she's joined him, he's less engrossed in the show. If she left him he'd probably get sucked in again- kind of like a kid. It's all new to him. ]
Oof. [ He says it incredibly deadpan. No way any air was possibly knocked out of him from the nudge. ] You are correct. I have had to become remarkably good at protecting my genitals, however.
[ Everyone tries to punch them. It actually makes it easier for him to predict how fights go so maybe it's a good thing but also. Ech. ]
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D'awwwwww
Guess so.
[Allie kind of wishes she could say something smart or poetic like that. All she can do is agree and rub the itch on her nose.]
You like fightin' much?
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Rex's odd relationship with his own intelligence means he doesn't quite grasp her feelings on the matter. How he can simultaneously think he's not that smart but also think he can do anything with time and effort is a mystery. ]
Hmm.
[ He mulls over the question a little as the show shifts from the crocodile to visitors to the water it can't make a meal of. Elephants. He's never seen one in the flesh. Never been to a zoo, a place he imagines is dismally sad. ]
I try to avoid it whenever possible. A battle not fought is a battle won, they say.
[ That doesn't answer the question really. It's hard to pick a lie, because the truth is that the only time he feels alive is when fighting to the death and then just feels all the more dead when it ends. ]
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[She listens, but his answer doesn't particularly strike her as correct.]
Yeah, well, 'they' must not have had to put up with a lot of shit from asshole kids.
[Because there are definitely fights she won where being quiet and good weren't working out at all.]
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[ Still, she does have a point. So he adds- ]
Personally, I've always interpreted it to mean it's better to smack someone in the back of the head when they least expect it than square off with them fairly.
[ After all, as much as he acknowledges proper fights to the death are dangerous to his mental health as much as his physical... sometimes you have to put someone down. Usually something, especially since he's started this whole 'saving the world' thing that is just. A bad time. ]
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[She pops the 'p' in her response, green eyes still trained on the television screen. Hell, he could be watching the home shopping network and she wouldn't complain. TV is a good way to kill time and just bask in someone else's honest company for a while.]
Reckon that's not real easy to do to you, since most people can't reach that high.
[Her arm nudges him playfully in the side.]
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Oof. [ He says it incredibly deadpan. No way any air was possibly knocked out of him from the nudge. ] You are correct. I have had to become remarkably good at protecting my genitals, however.
[ Everyone tries to punch them. It actually makes it easier for him to predict how fights go so maybe it's a good thing but also. Ech. ]
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[The corners of her mouth are twitching into a grin.]
They do much fightin' at that fancy private school'a yours?
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[ His tone adjusts slightly in that 'quoting someone' way of speaking people have. ]
If I had five minutes to cut down a tree, I would spend three of them sharpening my axe.
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Preparation? You make it sound more like a war instead'a some fancy future job.
[It's such a strange school, but eh, rich people tend to be pretty strange to begin with.]
But you go kick that tree's ass.
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[ That's what all the evil CEOs of the world say, right? That business is a war and stuff like that? Feasible. ]
It is still exceptionally novel to be thought of as 'fancy.'
[ He's never owned a TV Allie. He just talks like this because he's read more books than he's had conversations. ]
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[She's asking sincerely, since she doesn't set out to tease her friends or call them names.]
And yeah, there's a difference, but it'd be dumb to hash out a buncha details that aren't really needed.
[It'd be entirely hypothetical, and she'd rather watch TV.]
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I don't know if that is better, I do not know what 'preppy' means.
[ He finally tears his eyes off the TV to give her a head tilt. All the way to the side, like a puppy. ]
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Not really how I'd describe you.
[She glances up at him. His neck is so...flexible.]
That clear things up?
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[ His head slowly goes the other way, like it's a loading bar or something. ]
I think neither fancy nor preppy are apt descriptors for me in that case. I'm just... Rex.
[ You know. The worst. ]