pc catchall with connor (tootsiepop)

[requiemed]

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[requiemed]

[There's a pause as she debates the best way to answer that, but...]

You don't have to say it like that. You haven't failed any more than the rest of us have.

[tootsiepop]

I am failing at my intended purpose, however.

[requiemed]

You’re doing everything you can. It isn’t your fault other people are assholes, Connor. Seriously.

[tootsiepop]

You're aware my programming disagrees with that statement.

[requiemed]

Maybe your programming could chill for ten seconds and admit that I'm right.

[tootsiepop]

You know that's not how it works, Zoe.

[requiemed]

Yeah, I know. A girl can dream.

[...]

Hey, Connor?

[tootsiepop]

... Yes?

[requiemed]

I know you think you're not doing enough here for people. But - I think you've helped me a lot more than you realize.

[tootsiepop]

[...

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Ah.]

... Thank you, Zoe. I am glad you think so.

[He just experienced A Feeling and he hates it, wtf.]

[requiemed]

[Her smile is sincere, even if there's something a little worried about it.]

It's not that I think that, it's that I know.

[tootsiepop]

How so?

[She's done a lot more for him, even if he won't say it.]