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[bloodandblunder]

"H... hello? Um, this is me-- ah, Noire! I'm Noire, and I'm very sorry for missing you somehow... I promise I'm not avoiding you, unless you're scary or you're Mo-- trying to curse me. U-um, so when I can figure out how to-- ( beeps ensue, followed by a shriek of fright ) O-oh, no! What did I push, how do I-- make it-- oh gods, did I break it?! W-why can't we just talk in person?!"

[ BEEP. ]

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[willbreak]

Aah, there was just something confusing me before. Don't worry about it!

[bloodandblunder]

Something... confusing you about marriage?

[ well, if he'd been chopping a tree his whole life, that... sort of made sense, in a very puzzling way. ]

[willbreak]

Kind of.

[bloodandblunder]

I don't remember saying anything that helpful, but...

[willbreak]

No, you were very helpful, believe me!

[ Nothing can faze him right now. ]

[bloodandblunder]

...

[ SHE IS SO CONFUSED. ] H-how? Do you feel better about getting married now? [ is that it? Did he think she wouldn't support him? ]

[willbreak]

..... Let's say that!

[bloodandblunder]

... All right. [ except when she thinks about it, it makes her feel a little... ]

[willbreak]

...

[ Is it just him or does she look a little upset? ]

I'm sure you'll get married before me.

[bloodandblunder]

... I'm not so sure.

[willbreak]

Really... I'm sure.

So if you're worried about being left behind [ because she'd said that, hadn't she? ], don't be.

[bloodandblunder]

That's... not it. I think it's okay to wait for things like that

[willbreak]

... So you are worried about something.

[bloodandblunder]

... It's not important.

[willbreak]

Noire... remember how you said to tell you if anything was troubling me?

[bloodandblunder]

Yes... [ but she doesn't want to! ]

[willbreak]

[ He'll just give her a Look. (He's getting good at those.) ]

[bloodandblunder]

... I'll tell you if you tell me what was really bothering you about the marriage thing

[willbreak]

[ SNEAK. ]

I... [ think quick ]

... proposed to someone by accident.

[bloodandblunder]

How do you accidentally--

[willbreak]

... Does asking someone to share your «Life» sound like proposing?

[bloodandblunder]

A... a little, yes.

[willbreak]

Um... I did that.

We established that it was a misunderstanding, though...!

[bloodandblunder]

... A-at least there's that... I guess if someone didn't know what you were talking about, it could cause a lot of trouble.

[willbreak]

... You'd know, right? That me saying something like that doesn't mean I'm proposing or, um, trying to «woo» you...