[ her shoulders lift a shrug, as if she can brush it off. just going to shove it all under the bed with the rest of her familial abandonment issues and pretend it never happened. this is a tried and true (and stupid) coping mechanism. ]
Thanks. Promise I'm not always shit company. I'm very good at klaverjas.
Edited (jk i know what city they're in) 2020-08-25 05:23 (UTC)
We have a chessboard too, if you know how to play that.
[ larry has already agreed to stay with them so jyn doesn't know why she is still trying to entice him in some way, but the playful things in their house keep spilling out. ]
I've got a wee pet. He's called Piglet, he's this big. [ "this big" is demonstrated by the cupping of her hand. piglet fits in her hand. ] And there's a garden on the roof, you're welcome to it. I managed to get eight plots because most of the people we live with are so rich that getting their hands dirty would offend them. Maybe you could grow orchids. They're your favorite, aren't they?
[ he'd said he prefered them, back when they first met on his very first day in the city. ]
[ not a small stuffed pig best friends with a honey-obsessed bear, but jyn does eat honey out of the jar with a spoon so maybe he also is exactly that. ]
We went out past the wall when the EMP hit and I took him home. [ a beat. ] I thought he was dead, actually, but when I opened my bag he leapt out and tried to bite me.
[ she nods, almost absently, like she is reminding herself that yes, this is the correct answer. ]
He doesn't bite anymore since he's learned people have the food. His tree lives on my balcony now that it's warm, but he likes to be around people.
[ so there is often a teeny monkey sitting on the couch with them or perched on a shelf in the kitchen since he's not allowed on the countertops or leaping between all the plants jyn has accumulated in the apartment. ]
[ another nod, feeling settled. unlike cassian, jyn makes decisions based on her gut and despite her painful life, it hasn't led her astray yet. she doesn't want this to be a poor experience for larry either.
[ home. it's a different world, but-- he misses rita, he misses the people who have become something like family, but it isn't as though the chief's house truly feels like home anymore these days.
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I'm sorry.
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Thanks. Promise I'm not always shit company. I'm very good at klaverjas.
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[ larry has no idea what that is, oops. but he definitely understands that particular coping mechanism. has used it more than once himself. ]
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[ she absolutely did but, you know, she has to defend herself from these LIES AND SLANDER. that she brought up... ]
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[ this is not very convincing, jyn!! but he won't say it ]
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[ larry has already agreed to stay with them so jyn doesn't know why she is still trying to entice him in some way, but the playful things in their house keep spilling out. ]
I've got a wee pet. He's called Piglet, he's this big. [ "this big" is demonstrated by the cupping of her hand. piglet fits in her hand. ] And there's a garden on the roof, you're welcome to it. I managed to get eight plots because most of the people we live with are so rich that getting their hands dirty would offend them. Maybe you could grow orchids. They're your favorite, aren't they?
[ he'd said he prefered them, back when they first met on his very first day in the city. ]
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she doesn't need to sell him on staying with them —he wants to. he shouldn't, but he does. and he has nowhere else to go. ]
I'd like that.
What kind of pet is Piglet?
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[ not a small stuffed pig best friends with a honey-obsessed bear, but jyn does eat honey out of the jar with a spoon so maybe he also is exactly that. ]
We went out past the wall when the EMP hit and I took him home. [ a beat. ] I thought he was dead, actually, but when I opened my bag he leapt out and tried to bite me.
[ and now he is her beloved pet. ]
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then: ]
A monkey?
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[ she nods, almost absently, like she is reminding herself that yes, this is the correct answer. ]
He doesn't bite anymore since he's learned people have the food. His tree lives on my balcony now that it's warm, but he likes to be around people.
[ so there is often a teeny monkey sitting on the couch with them or perched on a shelf in the kitchen since he's not allowed on the countertops or leaping between all the plants jyn has accumulated in the apartment. ]
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All right, then.
[ considerably less weird than exploding donkeys containing pocket dimensions still. ]
I'll try to make friends.
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[ another nod, feeling settled. unlike cassian, jyn makes decisions based on her gut and despite her painful life, it hasn't led her astray yet. she doesn't want this to be a poor experience for larry either.
he deserves nice things. ]
I hope you can feel at home.
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[ home. it's a different world, but-- he misses rita, he misses the people who have become something like family, but it isn't as though the chief's house truly feels like home anymore these days.
maybe this can be a fresh start? ]