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eridan ampora | prince of hope

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So.

Any a you ewer had a nemesis before? Like fated fuckin' contentiousness, always gettin' up each others' gills doin' shit just to irritate 'em, duelin' to practically the death, maybe makin' out a little, that kinda thing.

See, I'm in the market for just that particular arrangement, and while I'm personally a master of the bellicose arts and don't need any adwice or nothin', I obwiously got a wested interest in how humans go about poorly imitatin' the quadrant. What with my bein' the main troll-human confidante in these parts and such.

[he pronounces it "con-fee-dawn-tay". also he means intermediary.]

Despite most of you bein' from a society bearin' a sewerely inferior romance system and therefore gettin' your emotions all scrambled up wrong from the get-go 'cos of it, I'd appreciate hearin' some personal tales.

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Very good! [yep he sounds patronizing even when it's sincere praise.] Interpersonal connection can make a girlfriend or a father or an enemy a pawn of impact. The higher the emotional context, the sharper that impact.

[UGH EDDIE]

So the main problem is wearin' somebody down the point a bein' useful without lettin' 'em in on it beforehand, I'd imagine.

The alternative to that method is engaging them with full awareness, but creating a dilemma where contradicting your design would damage their lot beyond repair.

This method is more suited to the type of people who aren't highly vengeful, for obvious reasons. That's why calculating a cog's perspective and philosophy is essential to effective manipulation.

Is this somethin' else you're gonna make me learn?

Ideally, yes. I want you cognitively equipped.

I'm doin' just fine right now, thanks.

I mean, look at how much I manipulate you into doin' shit I want you to. I just do it by sayin' how smart you are.

But it's factual.

And it works.

Well not everyone has a singular and entirely factual point of manipulation, so you can't afford arrogance right now anyway!

I can always afford arrogance, Ed.

The best of us can, anyhow.

Don't look now, but your statements contradict each other.

You know, I'm honestly kinda surprised Fel puts up with all your horseshit.

I mean, she's so damn reasonable.

Amazing, isn't it? I'm surprised she didn't strangle you, before.

I'm surprised she ewer got back with you in the first place.

I'm surprised that you're still jealous over the fact I don't even really have to try, to maintain a matesprit.

Considerin' how shitty your matespritship kinda is, I'm not real jealous. But I'll giwe you points for tryin'. [shrug!!] One of these days I'm goin' to ask her why she puts up with somebody who probably giwes her as much shit as you do, though.

Does she ewen know about you and me still talkin'?

First of all, my relationship with Felicia is incredibly desirable thanks for inquiring. Secondly -- yes. She made me tell her.

And how'd she take it?

She took it fine because she's not the sort of matesprit who moves across country to escape me.

Neither is mine, though I'm sure we got enough dirt on each other to run off our respectiwe matesprits anyways.

Hint hint.

You'd lose Ruka just to spite me?

Moot point, honestly. She's kinda more acceptin' a my eccentricities than Fel is with your bullshit, so I wouldn't be losin' anythin'.

You're ignoring the most important variable, Eridan. Me.

I would take her from you.

Pretty sure she likes me a hell of a lot more than she does you.

She visited me in NOHoPE, did you know that?

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