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[betteralready]

 

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[bettingman]

[A valiant effort, Horatio, but have you considered: No?]

Horatio, this was your suggestion in the first place. Don't you want to watch me learn?

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[midship]

[Give him a minute.

Give him a few minutes.]

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[midship]

[Honestly at some point it's probably just a test of how long the "..." bubble can dance at the bottom of the message.]

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[midship]

I'm not certain this properly was, Mr. Bush. Nor would I ever desire to impede your education.

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[midship]

[




WAIT.]

On the proper running out of guns.

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[midship]

[!!! THAT FIXED NOTHING???

Maybe he'll just ignore his phone forever.]

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[betteralready]

Can he imagine Archie's bright laughter while he's ignoring his phone? Because it's happening.

Well, if Mr. Bush wills it, Horatio, you're more than welcome to watch a lesson.

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[betteralready]

Perhaps even join in, if you're so inclined.

[bettingman]

It would only benefit all of us, in the long run.

[Or uh something.]

[betteralready]

Not TOO long a run, I should hope.

[bettingman]

Do you have a preference for length?

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[betteralready]

Of time? Long enough that all concerned parties are satisfied with the results without putting us at risk of enemy fire.

They are, technically, talking about running out the guns, after all.

Of anything else... Well, I'm far more flexible in that regard.

2/2 i hate this

[betteralready]

Rather flexible generally, really.

...Maybe not so much focusing on running out the guns, this time.

[midship]

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[bettingman]

[It is on this rare occasion that William Bush has said some words and regrets saying them in the order in which they were said, because one response has led to another and now he's left staring at that message, and there's no question that they're definitely not talking about anything to do with ships, really.

But it's not a bad sort of regret. It's not the kind of regret that sits high in one's stomach. Rather, it's a puzzled kind, which has left him staring at his device like: Okay.

What.]

[bettingman]

[Is this one of those moments there's no coming back from?]

[bettingman]

[It feels a little bit like that.]

[bettingman]

[...okay.]

[bettingman]

[This is fine.]

[bettingman]

[The "..." goes on and on and on, and eventually produces:]

I see.

[HOW






ANTICLIMACTIC

but wait, the "..." is going again.]

okay i'm done.

[bettingman]

All the more reason for Horatio to attend, then.

[A subtle jab, but a jab nonetheless.

Horatio could benefit from learning to be more flexible, surely.]

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[betteralready]

Oh. Oh, bother. Did he break them both? The Navy would be rather upset if he lost them two lieutenants at once.

Oh, no, wait. There's William. And there's another unheard chuckle from Archie.

Yes, I have found he can get rather stiff, sometimes.

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[betteralready]

I always have to end up asking him if he needs a hand in loosening up.

Since, you know, Horatio doesn't ever seem to want to do that thing of his own accord.

[bettingman]

[Bush is not the most superstitious of men, but he's sensing there's something cosmic about all this.

So, fine.]

It may be better if he had two.

[betteralready]

He didn't know this was a mission that needed to be accomplished, but, well.

Mission accomplished.

I couldn't agree more, Mr. Bush.