I've often had the sensation of trying to explain biochemistry to insects since coming here.
[It comes out dry. Yes, age gaps have proven stubbornly frustrating in this. There's no jumping that particular hurdle. It's immutable and insurmountable. He'll have to navigate around it.]
It may prove a waste of time in the end with most of them. Any good scientist draws from a wide sample pool.
Or perhaps it's a bit like prospecting. I'm sure there's some witty metaphor I could dredge if I could bring myself to care enough to recall the process.
At any rate, your perspective was useful. I have a better idea of what not to do next time. It's a start.
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[It comes out dry. Yes, age gaps have proven stubbornly frustrating in this. There's no jumping that particular hurdle. It's immutable and insurmountable. He'll have to navigate around it.]
It may prove a waste of time in the end with most of them. Any good scientist draws from a wide sample pool.
Or perhaps it's a bit like prospecting. I'm sure there's some witty metaphor I could dredge if I could bring myself to care enough to recall the process.
At any rate, your perspective was useful. I have a better idea of what not to do next time. It's a start.
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Dorian pats Grayson's knee again, pleased.]
Glad to be of service. Just do me a favor and don't let on, [he jokes.] A man has a reputation to uphold.
And I'll give you one thing in all of this: you don't do anything by half measures.
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[His brief chuckle is a bit less rusty than it has been in the past. It has been getting more use these nights.]
Nothing worth doing is worth doing with faint effort. If it isn't all the way, it would be a waste of everyone's time, especially my own.
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What do you want now? Time to mull everything over? [Does he want to be alone, essentially.]
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[He will get better with handling this in time, he's sure, especially with a fresh perspective.]
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[Talking about something like this with an empty couch wouldn’t have suited at all. He needed to see Grayson’s face.
Dorian rises to his feet.]
But you’re welcome.