OPEN | prompt three | PAIN

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prompt three | P A I N dressing-room style. start your own thread. tag others. wash, rinse, repeat. open to all.

 

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[fumbling]

Of... course I do. [But Alyosha still manages to make him question himself. Not that it's very hard.] Why?

[paraphrases]

[ Honestly there are times when Alyosha's not sure whether having Clint out helps or hurts. It definitely tries his patience but— well, there are worse things, he supposes. ]

Because pain, it is business, [ he says, remindingly. ] And we like pain. [ A beat, then a correction, perhaps even offered encouragingly. ] Other people's.

[fumbling]

[It's like a flickering light bulb found its connection again.]

Oh no, no--yeah. I know that. I was just wondering if there was some other kind of meaning. To it.

[paraphrases]

[ He could argue whether or not Clint knew that and generally Alyosha's an argumentative person. Semantics, verbal loopholes, the slice and dice of words and meaning — these are the things that he knows best. But he saves it for somebody else and spares Clint the work out. ]

In a nutshell? Don't get fucked.

[fumbling]

... I can remember that.

[paraphrases]

[ The most speculative of speculative faces. ] You can forget, from time to time. That is what I'm here for.

Just don't do it where MP can hear you.

[fumbling]

Why? It's not like she'll say I... [It started out as a shot at humor, but we know how well that goes when Clint is involved. His short-lived grin gives place to a slightly alarmed frown.]

She wouldn't, would she?