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[everythinglost]

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[inthebiblicalsense]

I...I think maybe you should check in with Maggie?

I was going up to the deck with Foal for a run and I nearly face planted at the top of the stairs. She was completely naked and yelling at the new cat warden, and I'm...probably not the person to go ask if shes okay at the moment. [Does he sound completely embarrassed and flustered, Fitz? Cause he is.]

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[everythinglost]

Thanks for letting me know.

[When it comes to people he cares about, he checks in first to see how they are.

...Then he has time to come back to properly tease Ethan.]

You know, I think I almost fell over the first time I saw a naked woman, too.

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[inthebiblicalsense]

[He'd been expecting this, waiting for it really as the time slipped by after. If Fitz didnt circle back He'd have cause to check on him later.

But if course here he is, Ethan happy its audio because he's flustered all over again.]

It wasn't the first time. I'm gay, not blind!

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[everythinglost]

Ooooh, spend a lot of time looking at naked women, do you?

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[inthebiblicalsense]

No! And even if I did, look whose talking!

[he isnt going to admit where he saw these women because of course then he would have to admit to watching way too much porn when he was a teenager, and not all of it he'd been choosy about, but still.]

Aren't you the expert, Fitz?

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[everythinglost]

Yeah, but that's cos I like looking at naked women. I'm attracted to them, you know.

It's a weird hobby for someone who isn't.

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[inthebiblicalsense]

I was going for a run, [his other weird hobby.] not thinking to myself 'I wonder if there's naked women on the deck for me to look at'.

It isn't exactly a hobby. Though now that I'm thinking about it, I... I still think I don't get what the appeal is.

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[everythinglost]

I go into every situation thinking to myself, 'I wonder if there's naked women there for me to look at'. [He's an optimist.

He's on audio, but he still gives Ethan a look.]

Yeah, I've noticed how uninterested you are in looking at people you're attracted to.

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[inthebiblicalsense]

[That has to be a joke. He hopes it's a joke. Fitz, at least he uses his imagination, not just hoping to walk in and see naked men everywhere.]

No, not...I mean- [Why was this easier to say to Alexei when he asked him?] You know, breasts?

[Shoot him.] I really don't get what is so great about them.

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[everythinglost]

I am aware of breasts, yes. Have been for many a year, as it happens.

[He laughs.] I imagine there's stuff you find pretty great when looking at a guy. First principles, you know.

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[inthebiblicalsense]

I do... though i have to say I'm not so enthusiastic about what I like as some people who are into them.

[Maybe it's because they're multi-functional and comfy... he can see that. Like nice pillows to rest your head on.]

You dont see me raving about a nice set of shoulders, or...I dont know, big strong hands.

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[everythinglost]

Yeah, but you didn't have anyone to talk about 'em with.

It leaves you repressed.

[That 'you' isn't just about Ethan. Well, the 'repressed' part is about him, but it's not as if Fitz spent a lot of time talking about breasts when he was Ethan's age - thinking about them, yeah, all the time, but not talking.]

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[inthebiblicalsense]

[And here he thought he was repressed for other reasons.]

If you say so, Fitz.

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[everythinglost]

I do say so. [He says, loftily.]

The Barge should open your eyes to imagining a world where you had someone to chat about finding such-and-such person's hands really attractive.

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[inthebiblicalsense]

Well, does it count that Norton and I do every once in a while? We did some people watching in New York...

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[everythinglost]

So you do know what it's like to talk about it.

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[inthebiblicalsense]

I guess. But with the way people used to go on and on on about 'tits' in the barracks, Its different.

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[everythinglost]

[A slight huff at that, which accompanies unseen rolled eyes.]

What people go on about in barracks is a whole different thing. It's like Tommy Green claiming Mary Malone let him put a hand on her breast after school: bullshit.

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[inthebiblicalsense]

I dont think people talked about that sort of stuff when I was in school... maybe that isn't universal.

[No Ethan, they did but they just didnt tell you about it.]

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[everythinglost]

You just didn't have any friends.

Don't worry, I didn't either. I just know because I was hiding to avoid getting kicked again. Tommy set fire to my schoolbag, but Mary and me made out in the back of the movies for a month, so I definitely lucked out.

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[inthebiblicalsense]

Set fire? [Ethan frowns, suddenly feeling the intense urge to punch Tommy whats-his-name.]

What an ass...

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[everythinglost]

Right little berk. [His agreement is somewhat dispassionate. Fitz held onto a bitter grudge against the life he'd led, but he'd never held truly longstanding anger against individuals. For better or worse, he's always been angry that there are people who do such things, but it's more general bitterness than something personal.]

Luckily, my teachers hated me anyway so it wasn't like failing to hand homework changed that.