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Huh.

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"A lot of people find it really nice to have one relationship that is not governed by debt management. But - we should really be keeping it around even for now anyway, for the peace of mind of my court -"

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Yeah, I actually feel very differently about it having internal relationship significance versus it being a thing that occasionally requires passing around snacks and certificates.

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"I'm not super clear on what you want, here -"

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I'm trying to sort out what's available, at this stage.

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"...pretty much anything it'd be in character for you to want?"

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Okay, but it's not in character for me to want to dictate all the terms without any input, does that make sense?

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"So, right now I don't even have any idea what you want? If you give me a list of things I can rank them or invent a scale and assign them values on that scale or - or ask my brother what normal people do instead of doing those things - but I don't even know what to put on that list right now."

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You could likewise give me a list, is my point?

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"- sure. We can both make lists and exchange them."

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That actually sounds really embarrassing but maybe that is the best we can do here.

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"We could ask my brother to have a five minute conversation about something unrelated and then recommend an activity we'd both like, if you'd rather?"

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Snort. That does sound less embarrassing.

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"I don't really see what's embarrassing but I'll take your word for it."

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My mental image of doing the lists thing is of us managing to have very different mental pictures of what kinds of things belong on the lists and being mismatched and this being weird.

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"That seems like important information to have, though!"

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Yes, I'd just normally expect it to come up over the course of conversations naturally in contexts where the information was relevant.

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"I have this feeling it won't do that because doing that requires some conversational skill I'm no good at but we could try that too."

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What skill do you mean?

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"Raising things naturally instead of figuring them out with a spreadsheet and a checklist?"

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We have fairly normal seeming conversations on a frequent basis though.

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"Well then maybe eventually they'll uncover whatever it is that a list would uncover, but in a more socially normal sort of way. Are there human stories you particularly recommend or anything. Like the Cambist and Lord Iron but featuring more than one character with a redeeming trait."

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It's a standout in terms of being about economics but I can translate more stories for you and many have larger casts of decent characters.

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"That sounds neat, then!"

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Do you have any more specifications? Humans and also daeva write a whole lot of fiction in the future.

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