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Famous last words.

[welcomeprofessor]

"The rest is silence."

[ Those are famous last words. ]

If they are,
that's an end I'll accept.

[specifications]

Okay, Oxford.

[ This pretentious motherfucker that he [fill in the blank] ]

I can't believe this is happening over text.

[ But he has to laugh about it because of course it is. ]

[welcomeprofessor]

Do I need to remind you that you're the one who thought you were fine over there on your own?

[ HE'S STILL PRESSED ABOUT THAT, YOU SHIT. ]

[specifications]

That's because I am fine over here on my own.

[ STAY PRESSED. ]

[welcomeprofessor]

I still think we have very different opinions on the use of "fine" in this conversation, but I sincerely hope you're right.

I still don't LIKE it.
Better?

[specifications]

You don't have to like it.

But it's not like it can be changed right now anyway.

[welcomeprofessor]

I know.

[ And he doesn't like that either. Especially not in the face of this confession; the distance feels suddenly so much more pronounced. Like an ache. ]

But I refuse to let that stop me from doing what I can.

[ Thus, how this happened over a text. Which does, once said, feel exactly that ridiculous. But there it is, and here they are. ]

[specifications]

"One pain is lessened by another’s anguish."

[welcomeprofessor]

[ It reminds him so suddenly of something he'd once heard--from himself--that he's blindsided with how uncanny the similarity is. "It's the greatest gift we have: to bear their pain without breaking." How keen, the sentiment.

The strict context of the actual material, as with his own biased use of it, is immaterial. ]

Again, a trade easily enough made.
You'll let me know if anything changes?

[specifications]

You don't really do things in halves, do you?

[ And you know he will, Charles. ]

[welcomeprofessor]

I give what I'm able, why would I aim lower?

[specifications]

It's not always about aiming lower.

[welcomeprofessor]

No, I suppose it isn't. I understand restraint well enough, Arthur, but here I'm not sure I see the purpose?

[specifications]

I don't expect you to.

I just know in my life, up to coming here, restraint was a very key factor in my dealings with people.

[ Because it was kinda life and death most times. ]

You know what they say about old habits.

[welcomeprofessor]

I understand the need for restraint, even if you don't think so.

Tell me no, and this stops. That's all it takes.

[specifications]

[ And the feeling he gets just by reading that message is enough to give him the answer to that: ]

I don't want this to stop.

I just need you to understand how I can be.

[ One of the most open statements he's ever made. ]

[welcomeprofessor]

Lucky for you, I can be "infuriatingly patient." [ He scarce remembers who that one came from, and if he doesn't have to be, he won't. But he most certainly can, when it counts. ]

[specifications]

Good. You'll need that.

[ He's not even joking. Mostly. ]

[welcomeprofessor]

Anything for you, Darling.

[ Which is not as effective when it isn't said, but he did bank and remember it, you're welcome. ]

[specifications]

[ He sees that and he won't even dignify that with a response. How dare you, sir.

But that does actually bring some warmth to his face so well done, Charles. ]