[Geir is penitent. embarrassment sucks. he gets it.]
You can still come and hang out with me, though. And without talking about any other past stuff, just running into something you haven't seen much before doesn't make you a coward either.
[he shifts so he can edge his nose closer to Dirk. confidingly:]
A couple of weeks ago I figured out that I was scared of being bad at reading if I tried it. Isn't that dumb? It's pretty dumb. Of course you're bad at things before you do them... I mean, it's poet-work, too, so I'm still not sure I want to. But that part was stupid.
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[Geir is penitent. embarrassment sucks. he gets it.]
You can still come and hang out with me, though. And without talking about any other past stuff, just running into something you haven't seen much before doesn't make you a coward either.
[he shifts so he can edge his nose closer to Dirk. confidingly:]
A couple of weeks ago I figured out that I was scared of being bad at reading if I tried it. Isn't that dumb? It's pretty dumb. Of course you're bad at things before you do them... I mean, it's poet-work, too, so I'm still not sure I want to. But that part was stupid.