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Bruce Wainright has (onerule) wrote in doors,
@ 2013-10-29 11:46:00

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alfred pennyworth, batman

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[Cursor blink. Blink. Blink.] I loathe parties, Alfred.

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	plagiaristic 2013-10-29 03:13 pm UTC (link)
	Yes sir. I can see why, sir. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	onerule 2013-10-29 03:14 pm UTC (link)
	[!] You were there too? What happened? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	plagiaristic 2013-10-29 03:15 pm UTC (link)
	Nothing of import, Master Bruce. What is it that made you dislike parties so much? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	onerule 2013-10-29 03:20 pm UTC (link)
	This wasn't my first time, Alfred. I know what they can be like. [...] I've never liked them, but in this case it's the absence of free will. We're forced to attend and act as we normally wouldn't, with people who are nothing more than strangers. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	plagiaristic 2013-10-29 03:22 pm UTC (link)
	And all of us are in the same boat. Put it aside, Master Bruce. There's no point in fretting over how you are seen when no one knows who you are. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	onerule 2013-10-29 03:25 pm UTC (link)
	How I acted isn't what bothers me, not in the way it has before. [...] You've known me my entire life, Alfred. My communication skills leave much to be desired, don't they? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	plagiaristic 2013-10-29 04:31 pm UTC (link)
	[...] I couldn't comment, Master Bruce. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	onerule 2013-10-30 01:10 pm UTC (link)
	I think you could, moreso than anyone else. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	plagiaristic 2013-10-30 03:02 pm UTC (link)
	You use other methods of communicating, Master Bruce. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	onerule 2013-10-30 05:52 pm UTC (link)
	My methods aren't enough. People want words, Alfred, and I can barely carry on a conversation with my own son most of the time. Then, last night [...] I spoke to a stranger. She could have been anyone and I told her things I wouldn't have had I been in my right mind. I'm not the sort of man who opens up easily, and I had that choice taken from me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

plagiaristic
2013-10-31 02:34 am UTC (link)

In my understanding, sir, these parties do exactly that. You were comfortable talking to a stranger because you were made to be comfortable. [...] You have always been a man of action, Master Bruce, rather than words, but words do help. Particularly with the children. It is comforting to know that you will be present but that comfort is more ably understood if you can convey it.

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	onerule 2013-10-31 04:32 pm UTC (link)
	I'm never that comfortable. Even on good days it feels forced. [...] They do, and I struggle with them. It isn't that I don't care, but conveying it is difficult. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	plagiaristic 2013-11-02 08:10 am UTC (link)
	And when we fall down, we get back up again. Everything is difficult the first time, Master Bruce. Or were you born knowing how to run? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	onerule 2013-11-04 03:53 pm UTC (link)
	No. [Cursor blink.] You're right. I've never given up before, there's no reason for me to start now. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	plagiaristic 2013-11-04 03:56 pm UTC (link)
	No point at all, Master Bruce. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	onerule 2013-11-05 02:33 pm UTC (link)
	[...] Thank you, Alfred. (Reply to this) (Parent)