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[fabricates]

So what's the 8ig idea?
I was 8usy with some really 8ig and important irons 8efore this, you know!
Not that I 8lame you for wanting a gr8 hero like me. I mean, you pretty muched gra88ed the 8est there is.
How could I 8e angry when this place o8viously needs my touch????????
8ut, unfortun8 as it is, I've really got to get 8ack to my irons 8efore they get cold. That fire won't fan itself.
I've got 8ig 8ads to kill, useless gru8s to save, and a game to salvage. I'm on a tight schedule to get it all done, so as much as I'm really flattered that you need me so much, I just don't have the time!
Don't 8e too upset, 8ut I'm just too 8usy to 8e your hero.
May8e some other time. Oooooooor not. We'll just have to see. :::;)

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[glowsferatu]

And what would serve as a more suitable basis of appraisal?

[somethinglawful]

I don't know, what about--

[she hates the way kanaya always asks questions that she can't answer, but inspiration strikes even as she struggles.]

What about the impact you have on other people just by existing?

[glowsferatu]

[ it's because they're questions she can't answer herself, or is afraid to even ask. having someone else answer makes them far easier to debate and dismiss ]

The mere fact of my existence accomplishes little. It's the method by which that fact is practiced that causes such an impact.

[somethinglawful]

Not true!! Do you really think you have to do something for me to be happy you're around?

[glowsferatu]

But we're situated in a moirallegiance. Our obligations to one another, and the affection which inspires it, is meant to be mutual.

[somethinglawful]

How does that contradict what I just said, huh?

[man, kanaya is getting all the cuddles right now. all of them.]

[glowsferatu]

Because it...it isn't the equivalent to other matters. Moirallegiance is an exception.

[somethinglawful]

An exception to you being happy?

[listen to the frown in her voice. even if she is being purposefully obtuse for the sake of trying to worm some info out of kanaya.]

[glowsferatu]

No, not at all. The very opposite, in fact. Moirallegiance is the exception by which I can hope to achieve that very status.

[somethinglawful]

[terezi ponders this for a second or two.]

Yeah, being such an awesome moirail definitely adds to your overall value as a person.

[glowsferatu]

[ completely missing the point ]

You are correct, I deeply appreciate you efforts in that regard.

[somethinglawful]

[indignant paps!!]

Kanayaaaaa!!

[glowsferatu]

[ okay fine she didn't miss the point so much as ignore it ]

I imply thought...perhaps a moment of amusement might be appropriate in a situation that bore such a thread to bear down upon us both with its formidable weight.

[somethinglawful]

[terezi blows a raspberry at her. come on, kanaya, she knows they're both tired but lighten up.]

That's cute, Kanaya! But I'm not taking back my paps.

[glowsferatu]

Nor should a moirail of quality be expected to, I expect. Were such a thing even possible.

[somethinglawful]

Shhhhhhh sh sh.

[she thinks you are getting dangerously close to fussing, here, kanaya.]

[glowsferatu]

[ she is a world-class champion fusser, terezi, she broadcasts a coming fit from a mile away.

but now she'll just sigh and acquiesce to her moirail's palest demands. ]

[somethinglawful]

[terezi rewards this compliance with all manner of snuggling and cuddling.

...well, for a few minutes at least, until she kind of gets still. being quiet is a great way to turn a drowsy troll into a sleeping troll, after all!]

[glowsferatu]

[ kanaya would consider wrapping her in the blankets, but she's afraid to wake her up, given the way they're presently entangled. she's been up all night as well, so none of this is especially conducive for her remaining i that state much longer, and she slowly drifts off into slumber.

so much for school that day. ...whoops. ]