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[goazon]

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[goazon]

So it is, thank you.

Did you finish?

[ No you're smiling. ]

[apparare]

( It takes a second - maybe a full minute - while he oscillates between one answer and the other. )

I did.

[goazon]

Let me see.

[ For his handwriting of course. How much messier could it be? Why does that matter? This is weird. ]

[apparare]

( It takes a moment - because, admittedly, he hadn't finished entirely when he said he had - but eventually a clean, detailed upload of his crossword comes through on her end. Infuriatingly, all the answers are correct, and he has even corrected her spelling in one or two places, even though he is impressed at her knowledge. )

[goazon]

Your handwriting is perfect. Just as I thought.

( 1/2 BECAUSE - )

[apparare]

( And another moment to consider how to respond to that. )


You need to dig deeper into the puns to get the correct answers. The idiots who come up with these think they're clever.

[apparare]

I spent a decent amount practicing as a child.

how's the closed door thing working?

[goazon]

I don't think I'm ever going to be especially good at it.

[ And to illustrate her point attached is an image of her attempting to write her own name, which is about seven shades worse than chicken scratch and absolutely nothing she should be sharing with him. ]

blows it wide open obv

[apparare]

( Give him a second to choke down that kneejerk response - )

You just need to practice. How long have you been trying?

( Is her name even really 'Rey?' )

queues up taytay

[goazon]

[ Would she be a little proud of him if she knew he stopped himself? Only Rey knows. ]

Not long, not seriously and only my name. Yours looks like you've practiced it.

listens to accoustic temper trap

[apparare]

I have.

( Haughty, but then - )

I had a remarkable amount of free time as a child.

breaks things

[goazon]

Why did imply your handwriting wasn't much better than mine? Write something.

into a thousand pieces

[apparare]

( AGAIN - an inordinate amount of time passes. Long enough that that she's likely to think no response is coming. Until, ultimately, a severe but neat - angular, intentional, hypothetically perfect - save for the slight slant to the capital letters - scrawl comes through almost as if it's against his better judgment.

The translation amounts to: Good morning. In Corellian. )

omfg how dare you

[goazon]

[ Did it take so long to respond because she fell asleep? Or because she was tracing the letters with her finger and internally berating herself about it? She may have gone and got a snack, or three. Regardless, it took a little while. ]

Your letters sort of look like how you stand.

no u

[apparare]

( In the interim, he's found other things to occupy his time, which means that this reply is not immediate in its timing. )

What.

[goazon]

You stand at the same sort of angle. Very slight but there.

[ Oh no there was no coy pause. ]

[apparare]

No one has ever described anything pertaining to me as 'slight.' How does someone stand at an angle?

( Leia would be appalled to hear about his posture. )

[goazon]

How can I explain this?

[ Then, most disastrously- ]

If we're ever in person on a break from all the hostilities I'll point it out.

[apparare]

( Error.exe )

How?

[goazon]

[ This is all terrible. ]

In our usual way? Dryly and with questionable timing.

[apparare]

How do you expect to be on a break from all the hostilities?

( - is not what he was asking and doesn't even sound grammatically accurate but oh well. He'll suffer the indignity for the sake of his pride. )

[goazon]

Pretending to try and kill each other is exhausting, eventually we'll have to catch our breath.

[ She needs so much more caf for this. ]

[apparare]

Is that how you think wars are won?

( Because. That's still kind of a big dividing line between them, for a myriad of reasons. )

[goazon]

This war doesn't end, it pauses.

[ It's all the same conflict, and it always has been just with new flags. ]

[apparare]

( Okay now he's actually annoyed. )

It pauses? Don't be obtuse. Wars don't stop because - ( Because what? They want to flirt with each other? Because that is what's happening here, and he's beginning to belatedly realize how irresponsible and idiotic this all is. ) - you want to explore the finer points of handwriting analysis.