[ he grins wryly—this all feels kind of silly now. and he's usually a chatterbox, but this sort of conversation always trips him up. he doesn't know how to respond to her without opening an entire can of worms (self-sabotage as an art), so he just cops out entirely. ]
...Well, I'm happy to keep being nice to you, if you'll keep being nice to me.
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Hey, you're not supposed to praise me for it?
[ he grins wryly—this all feels kind of silly now. and he's usually a chatterbox, but this sort of conversation always trips him up. he doesn't know how to respond to her without opening an entire can of worms (self-sabotage as an art), so he just cops out entirely. ]
...Well, I'm happy to keep being nice to you, if you'll keep being nice to me.