So... that's the way thing go that you're used to -- that's "normal"? Weird things happen, then you wait around until other people fight them and the world just goes back to the way you want it to be?
[that's not a kind way of putting it, if it's even accurate. but Geir has a tendency to listen to and parse things quite literally and then indicate his understanding in the bluntest way possible, and that's what he's hearing.]
It sounds like you're counting on a lot.
[based on his own life, it sounds like an impossible fantasy. doesn't she at least want to beat up her own weirdoes, so she has some control over what happens to them? he's used to not being in control of his own destiny, but this approach is still just odd to someone who's never been able to rely on others much either.]
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[that's not a kind way of putting it, if it's even accurate. but Geir has a tendency to listen to and parse things quite literally and then indicate his understanding in the bluntest way possible, and that's what he's hearing.]
It sounds like you're counting on a lot.
[based on his own life, it sounds like an impossible fantasy. doesn't she at least want to beat up her own weirdoes, so she has some control over what happens to them? he's used to not being in control of his own destiny, but this approach is still just odd to someone who's never been able to rely on others much either.]