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If you're planning to fight him right here in the kitchen, I could just knock him out, I'm not screened.

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No point yet, says Celo.

To Brad, he says mildly, "You wanna let go of me?"
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"I want," says Brad, "for you to quit interrupting my conversation with Isabella." His grip on Celo's hair tightens and he starts pulling in a less than chair-sitting-compatible direction.

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"No," says Celo, "actually, I think you wanna let go of me. Right now."

He stays sat. There's some tension involved, but he's not that easy to haul around.
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Brad hauls harder. He's not a martial combat major, but delving majors take plenty of the same classes.

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Is there some reason I shouldn't just down him right now?

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Celo doesn't answer for a moment. He still seems strangely relaxed for someone getting yanked around by his hair, but the way he's staring into the distance is at odds with that calmness.

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Brad successfully hauls Celo off his chair. It's largely up to Celo whether he ends this maneuver standing or sprawled on the floor.

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Standing. Definitely tense now. Also definitely not looking at either Brad or Bella.

If any subtle artists were to peek into his mind right now, they would find he was concentrating very, very hard on not killing Brad. It's taking a lot of effort.
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Bella doesn't look into people's minds without permission.

"Brad, let him go, it's a public kitchen," says Bella. "He can be in it."
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"Not a public conversation," says Brad, "and he was interrupting."

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Celo doesn't respond. He seems - frozen. Frozen is a good word.

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"Let him go," says Bella darkly.

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"Or what? He's a walking fuckhole, you think Law's gonna come after me for hauling him around a little? Anything anybody gets off on applies to nymphs, anyway, he probably likes it."

Brad pulls on Celo's hair a little harder.
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Well, he's breathing a little hard. Interpretations may vary.

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"Well, if that's what you're up to I can go eat in my room."

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"What, no," says Brad, "I just want him out of here, I want to talk to you, I want to take you out, come on."

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"I don't," says Bella clearly, "want to go out with you, so if that's your purpose here perhaps you should go and he should stay."

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Brad processes this, then wrenches Celo's head backwards suddenly; Celo's likely to wind up in a heap on the floor. "You're throwing me over for the freaky nymph? Are you fucking kidding me? He's not an excuse either, nymphs are sluts and think everybody else is too, you don't owe him any fucking thing."

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Celo does wind up in a heap on the floor. Also, he is now crying.

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"Go away, Brad," says Bella, "or I will knock you unconscious and drag you out."

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"Bitch," mutters Brad, and he kicks Celo once, not particularly hard, and shuffles out.

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Celo curls up on the floor and sobs.

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Bella gets up and drops to her knees next to him. [Name.] "Are you okay? What's the matter?"

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He doesn't answer out loud, but he does move a tiny bit closer so his forehead is resting against her knee.

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