contact part deux

[bouchonne]

if this were modern times byerly would probably make you listen to total eclipse of the heart before you were able to leave a message

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[bouchonne]

"What makes it inappropriate?"

[keenly]

"They're fussy about people knowing."

And you're his boss.

[bouchonne]

"Yes, but I'm hardly normal people."

[keenly]

"But I am. Achingly normal. So even if you can listen, I can't say it. I've got to follow the rules."

[bouchonne]

"Fine, fine," he pouts, though inwardly he approves. If they'll tell you others' secrets, they'll tell others your secrets, after all.

"At least tell me whether it's with a man or a woman."

[keenly]

"Man." That much is harmless enough to say. "Don't get me wrong, I do like women, it just hasn't...happened yet."

A shrug.

[bouchonne]

"What, at all? Ever?"

[keenly]

"I got close a couple times, but no. Not with anyone till this fellow."