royal_obligation
Sigh. "I don't know how to display text anymore. I'm working on it."
prodigal_miser
Adarin considers his alt. He considers pushing some more, but... Mmm, no. Bad idea.
"Okay. Good, and - hug? I'm sorry I had to be mean."
"Okay. Good, and - hug? I'm sorry I had to be mean."
royal_obligation
Edarial is looking less like a raincloud and more thoughtful. Improvement!
dark_light
"I am intensely curious, but you probably went off by yourselves for a reason."
prodigal_miser
Adarin scoops his wife up into a hug. "Sorry, love."
"I will explain later, I promise," he adds in English.
"I will explain later, I promise," he adds in English.
come_midnight
"Did this conversation have any immediate ramifications I should know about?"
royal_obligation
Fidget. "He said that we shouldn't consider ourselves married even though we still would legally be. Also that I need to... 'Have actual text' rather than subtext."
come_midnight
"What content were you previously imagining 'being married' to have besides our actual day-to-day behavior and a legal status?"
dark_light
"Oh wow, I want to help her and I do not even - I haven't seen you like this so my expertise is kind of limited," sighs Isabella in her husband's direction.
prodigal_miser
Adarin takes his wife's hand and gives it a squeeze. "It's okay, dearest."
To Iobel, he says, "Okay, in a marriage - he and I don't just want it to function. Lots of things function, but that doesn't make them automatically good. He has wanted, perhaps expected a marriage he is one member of to do more than function as a government body together. Which is a fancy way of saying that he wants to be in love. And he is extremely distressed that your marriage doesn't have that."
To Iobel, he says, "Okay, in a marriage - he and I don't just want it to function. Lots of things function, but that doesn't make them automatically good. He has wanted, perhaps expected a marriage he is one member of to do more than function as a government body together. Which is a fancy way of saying that he wants to be in love. And he is extremely distressed that your marriage doesn't have that."
come_midnight
"I was under the impression that was why we were in this garden in the first place," says Iobel.
dark_light
"The - the layer of detachment is not actually going to help with any things," says Isabella.
prodigal_miser
"... I don't really know of a way to help with that. Isabella?"