[He rubs wearily at his face, scrubbing a hand over one eye. Maybe Harry's right - he's doing most of this to himself by willingly poking the sleeping dragon over and over and over again. But he keeps expecting this dragon to breathe fire, which will never harm him, and it keeps reminding John that it also has teeth.
Fucked if he'll sit back and let Petre walk all over him, though. That's just the core issue when you deal with Petre: dishing out exactly the amount you take and then getting twice the shitstorm in return.]
Can I get a flowchart of what counts as rules of the game and what gets taken personally? 'Cause I'm really losing track here. Seems like you can say whatever you want to me, but I'm offending your delicate sensibilities every time I fight back. [No, okay, pull back. Ease off.] Yeah. There were better ways to tell you about that. But maybe if you didn't force my hand, it would've played out better.
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[He rubs wearily at his face, scrubbing a hand over one eye. Maybe Harry's right - he's doing most of this to himself by willingly poking the sleeping dragon over and over and over again. But he keeps expecting this dragon to breathe fire, which will never harm him, and it keeps reminding John that it also has teeth.
Fucked if he'll sit back and let Petre walk all over him, though. That's just the core issue when you deal with Petre: dishing out exactly the amount you take and then getting twice the shitstorm in return.]
Can I get a flowchart of what counts as rules of the game and what gets taken personally? 'Cause I'm really losing track here. Seems like you can say whatever you want to me, but I'm offending your delicate sensibilities every time I fight back. [No, okay, pull back. Ease off.] Yeah. There were better ways to tell you about that. But maybe if you didn't force my hand, it would've played out better.