I'm not trying to ask you roundaboutly, I'm trying not to ask you for a favor. It was just the first example that came to mind of a minor favor that isn't worth interrupting your time with someone else for.
...The lavender should be good enough, I'll pick some up tomorrow.
Evangeline. We're discussing sleep. If you could do it on your own, you would have by now.
Insomnia is not a matter of if you're simply not working hard enough. In fact, attempting to rid yourself of it "harder" will simply worsen it. If you're struggling, you're struggling. I refuse to stand by and allow you to struggle.
[Unfortunately for everyone, that is literally exactly what he was banking on. He's even going to lay back down again, putting his head on her shoulder so he can look up at her with those big ol' eyes.]
Do you mean it? You do, don't you?
[...
That's his attempt at avoiding asking her to promise something for him.]
Trying is all I ask for, Ol Siaion. I can't hold you to standards that are well above where you're currently at - That would be cruel of me. Cruelty for cruelty's sake.
If you believe you may slip up, that's fine. What matters is you are open with me about it.
[Healthy dialogue!! Is what he's trying to say. He wants healthy dialogue.]
Desensitization therapy. Useful in nearly all areas of trauma, it helps one's mind create positive pathways and good associations with things you normally struggle with. The most popular use is for arachnophobia.
Consider this me handing you a tarantula everytime you're in my office.
As you should. With any tarantula, really - most are very affectionate and easily frightened, after all. Did you know they have small, little paws? Not too unlike a cat's.
[... Sorry, Eva. He's thinking about spiders, now.]
Well... yes, I suppose this is true - and you know I would be greatly appreciative of such a thing, as well. But... I don't know. I feel as if I ask too much of your shapeshifting as is...
I can see it being an issue if I got it into my head that you only wanted to do it when I was a bug or a spider, but you've made it very very clear you are wildly attracted to me all the time, so that won't be a problem for us.
Maybe if you hadn't regaled me with literal poetry, but by now I'm pretty confident you're into me as a person. And I don't mind indulging you sometimes with my shapeshifting, you indulge me just as much.
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...The lavender should be good enough, I'll pick some up tomorrow.
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[He's pulling back a bit now, blinking at her once or twice.]
... I'm sorry, did I misstep in offering?
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[She pauses to put her thoughts together.]
I have a hard time asking for help unless I really, really need it. If I can do something on my own, it feels like I should.
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Evangeline. We're discussing sleep.
If you could do it on your own, you would have by now.
Insomnia is not a matter of if you're simply not working hard enough. In fact, attempting to rid yourself of it "harder" will simply worsen it.
If you're struggling, you're struggling. I refuse to stand by and allow you to struggle.
Please, allow me to ease your burdens.
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[And now she's getting her forehead kissed, since he's right there and she's just so kissable --]
... If you deny my help again, I'll be sad. You wouldn't want to make me so, would you?
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[The genuine distress she feels at the thought of making Louis sad.]
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Do you mean it? You do, don't you?
[...
That's his attempt at avoiding asking her to promise something for him.]
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I'll - try my best. I might slip up sometimes still, but I'm going to really really try.
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That would be cruel of me. Cruelty for cruelty's sake.
If you believe you may slip up, that's fine. What matters is you are open with me about it.
[Healthy dialogue!! Is what he's trying to say. He wants healthy dialogue.]
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[Healthy dialogue! No murders!]
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He'd rather saw his horns off without an analgesic than hurt her, at this point.]
Thank you. That's all I want.
But, you know... this means I am going to start offering you help regularly, you realize.
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The most popular use is for arachnophobia.
Consider this me handing you a tarantula everytime you're in my office.
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Did you know they have small, little paws? Not too unlike a cat's.
[... Sorry, Eva. He's thinking about spiders, now.]
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...Spiders aren't on any of the animal transformation lists. I could probably do a spider if I practiced long enough.
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Not a single spider at all?
[Said with his face absolutely twisting in shock and dismay at the idea, obviously.]
...
You would do that for me?
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But... I don't know. I feel as if I ask too much of your shapeshifting as is...
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Admittedly, that was my biggest worry... that asking you for such things may convince you otherwise, somehow.
But it isn't the shapes that I am here for. It's you. No matter the shape you take.
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Don't you?
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…If I mention the songbird thing as an example, you’re going to laugh, aren’t you.
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