She would like to invite him to go do something fun, she's not sure what, but she thinks he could do with some cheering up, and to be honest she'd like to go do something fun, too. But - how does she. How does she even go about asking that? It's strange and complicated and scary and she simultaneously wants to reassure him that it is Not A Date and also that dates are not out of the question just please let's not be Betan about this?
Talking to people's scary. It's easier when she can just float by on snarky comments, it's much, much harder to attempt to say something with no flow of conversation helping it sail along. Does she just. Force herself to cough up the words 'Hey want to go hang out'? ... Does she want to use the term hang out, she does not believe she does, that just. Sounds. Awkward. And 'Do you want to go to [x] with me' sounds way too... datey. For her. She - maybe kind of has a bit of a crush on him, admittedly! But this does not mean she won't completely freak the fuck out if she asks the son of the (former, she reminds herself) Regent, the guy who plays board games with the Emperor, out on a date. Even if he said yes! .... Especially if he said yes!
She has never dated before! Dating is scary! Betan whatever things are easy (if highly unsatisfying) but they don't come with the weight of two Vor doing. Any sort of courtship. Not even close. Plus he seems to have some unhandled issues that should probably be reasonably in check first and she hasn't analyzed everything involved to death and she might regret accepting that declaration to be best friends and regretting doing any sort of courtship thing with another Vor is worse and she would sort of like some time to keep being herself before she flings herself at a Vor and no really she is kind of frightened!
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She would like to invite him to go do something fun, she's not sure what, but she thinks he could do with some cheering up, and to be honest she'd like to go do something fun, too. But - how does she. How does she even go about asking that? It's strange and complicated and scary and she simultaneously wants to reassure him that it is Not A Date and also that dates are not out of the question just please let's not be Betan about this?
Talking to people's scary. It's easier when she can just float by on snarky comments, it's much, much harder to attempt to say something with no flow of conversation helping it sail along. Does she just. Force herself to cough up the words 'Hey want to go hang out'? ... Does she want to use the term hang out, she does not believe she does, that just. Sounds. Awkward. And 'Do you want to go to [x] with me' sounds way too... datey. For her. She - maybe kind of has a bit of a crush on him, admittedly! But this does not mean she won't completely freak the fuck out if she asks the son of the (former, she reminds herself) Regent, the guy who plays board games with the Emperor, out on a date. Even if he said yes! .... Especially if he said yes!
She has never dated before! Dating is scary! Betan whatever things are easy (if highly unsatisfying) but they don't come with the weight of two Vor doing. Any sort of courtship. Not even close. Plus he seems to have some unhandled issues that should probably be reasonably in check first and she hasn't analyzed everything involved to death and she might regret accepting that declaration to be best friends and regretting doing any sort of courtship thing with another Vor is worse and she would sort of like some time to keep being herself before she flings herself at a Vor and no really she is kind of frightened!
(At some point she has started fidgeting.)