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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[cozen]

[ Bastien keeps a very straight face, unnecessarily. ]

Whether he calls you dad.

[bouchonne]

Bastien -

[ Byerly has no words for how horrifying this prospect is. So he simply scowls, and fishes a bit of lemon out of his water, and hucks that lemon straight at Bastien's face. ]

[cozen]

[ Bastien grins before he throws it, and while he throws it, and after it’s stuck wetly and pulpily to his cheek.

But he doesn’t laugh, and once he’s peeled the lemon off and dropped it into his own cup, the grin goes away. ]

They are going to be harder on you than I was.

[bouchonne]

[ Any amusement/horror drops away. ]

I know.

[cozen]

How are you going to handle it?

[bouchonne]

[ He sighs a little more. ]

Stoically. I suppose.