[ Nate doesn't generally consider himself to be a perceptive person when it comes to others as opposed to his extremely niche special interests, but it's difficult not to notice the palpable shift in body language and the way that Lance makes a concerted effort to communicate himself.
He might have assumed there would be some kind of talk among them after the fact, a discussion about respective stances, arguments made, defenses put forth.
Guess it went over like a lead balloon. ]
...well, uh. I can't exactly speak to Kyna's motives because I barely know her, but if one of my close friends pulled the same crap I'd be pretty pissed off.
[It's good to know that Nate agrees, though then again Lance hadn't really expected anything different. He taps his fingers against his glass, trying to decide if he should elaborate any further, but eventually just offers a half-hearted shrug from his slouched position.]
It just... It felt more like she cared about justifying her decision than anything else. And I get it, that's not exactly a flaw I'm immune to either, but...
[But there's always a point when the other person's reaction shocks him into realizing he's gone too far, and having genuinely hurt a friend is much more upsetting to him than the possibility of having to face that he was wrong. He didn't feel that same sense here, which is what bothers him the most about this whole situation.]
( He tries to check himself, but is hard not to feel a little validated here. He'd been thinking he had unrealistic expectations of friendship, an idealized media version that doesn't actually hold up in reality. It's nice to hear that might not be the case, that somebody else would feel the same hurt and have the same standards.
He chews on the inside of his cheek.
Technically speaking their problem had less to do with Riverstone and more to do with the shit that went down on the network. It isn't applicable.
It doesn't matter.
Mostly.
It's fine.
Feels like a fucking moron that got raked over the coals and the person he'd have liked to have come to his defense defended the guy doing the raking, but.
He's letting it go.
Tl;dr big No Comment energy from this asshole taking up space on the couch. )
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[ Nate doesn't generally consider himself to be a perceptive person when it comes to others as opposed to his extremely niche special interests, but it's difficult not to notice the palpable shift in body language and the way that Lance makes a concerted effort to communicate himself.
He might have assumed there would be some kind of talk among them after the fact, a discussion about respective stances, arguments made, defenses put forth.
Guess it went over like a lead balloon. ]
...well, uh. I can't exactly speak to Kyna's motives because I barely know her, but if one of my close friends pulled the same crap I'd be pretty pissed off.
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[It's good to know that Nate agrees, though then again Lance hadn't really expected anything different. He taps his fingers against his glass, trying to decide if he should elaborate any further, but eventually just offers a half-hearted shrug from his slouched position.]
It just... It felt more like she cared about justifying her decision than anything else. And I get it, that's not exactly a flaw I'm immune to either, but...
[But there's always a point when the other person's reaction shocks him into realizing he's gone too far, and having genuinely hurt a friend is much more upsetting to him than the possibility of having to face that he was wrong. He didn't feel that same sense here, which is what bothers him the most about this whole situation.]
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He chews on the inside of his cheek.
Technically speaking their problem had less to do with Riverstone and more to do with the shit that went down on the network. It isn't applicable.
It doesn't matter.
Mostly.
It's fine.
Feels like a fucking moron that got raked over the coals and the person he'd have liked to have come to his defense defended the guy doing the raking, but.
He's letting it go.
Tl;dr big No Comment energy from this asshole taking up space on the couch. )