Harrowheart's thumbs hover over his phone screen, but he quickly finds that he's unsure of what to say. He looks to his brother, who's resting his chin on his shoulder. Harrowheart raises his eyebrows expectantly, while Lawrence's lower. Lawrence scrubs at his cheeks with his good hand as he considers this message.
"Okay, two options here: You tell her that it'll be easier to move on if he turns out to be a dick, or you convince her he's not a dick. Problem with the latter is that you get her hopes up and your ass is on the line if you're wrong. Problem with the former is people never see it that way until after the fact, and she's not going to appreciate it."
"How'm I supposed to convince her he's not a dick if I don't know for sure, though?" Harrowheart asks quietly.
Lawrence shakes his head slightly. "Go back up to the previous letter. Look, right there: She says he wants to see her, right? He wouldn't want to meet up if he was a dick, right?"
Harrow gasps! Lawrence has wisdom! He immediately types back to Adia.
Caspar would not want to meet with you if he did not want to see you right? That means he still cares about you! What you had is not gone!
He hits send and leans back against the bench with a smugly satisfied smile.
A few seconds later Lawrence shrugs and frowns thoughtfully. "I mean," he says, gesturing vaguely, "Unless he's holding a murder-grudge against her, and this is how he tricks her into walking into her doom."
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Date: 2017-11-28 03:53 pm (UTC)"Okay, two options here: You tell her that it'll be easier to move on if he turns out to be a dick, or you convince her he's not a dick. Problem with the latter is that you get her hopes up and your ass is on the line if you're wrong. Problem with the former is people never see it that way until after the fact, and she's not going to appreciate it."
"How'm I supposed to convince her he's not a dick if I don't know for sure, though?" Harrowheart asks quietly.
Lawrence shakes his head slightly. "Go back up to the previous letter. Look, right there: She says he wants to see her, right? He wouldn't want to meet up if he was a dick, right?"
Harrow gasps! Lawrence has wisdom! He immediately types back to Adia.
Caspar would not want to meet with you if he did not want to see you right? That means he still cares about you! What you had is not gone!He hits send and leans back against the bench with a smugly satisfied smile.
A few seconds later Lawrence shrugs and frowns thoughtfully. "I mean," he says, gesturing vaguely, "Unless he's holding a murder-grudge against her, and this is how he tricks her into walking into her doom."
"LAWRENCE!"