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...c'mon. You're too good of a person to beat yourself up like that.

I don't know about that.

[Sigh.]

But thanks. And at least we can try to do better this time, I guess.

No. Do or do not. There is no try.

[ Deep Yoda wisdom right here. ]

Ha. Very funny, James.

Fine, then. Let's do better. Together.

Well, hey, as long as no one dies, we're automatically doing better.

[ That was almost a joke. If he didn't still have nightmares about everything that happened with Bart the first time around, it might be funny. ]

... yeah, sure, together. But actually together. No more of that "I don't like you and you don't like me, but we're stuck with each other" crap.

Hey, you don't need to remind me. You're the one that started that.

[And the past few months since he stopped that shit have been...nice.]

I'm reminding you because I'm— [ sorry? yes, profoundly, but what he actually says is, ] —y'know, tired of you worrying about me starting it up again.

I haven't even brought that up lately.

[He says as if it isn't obvious from his behavior. But hey, he's slowly getting more comfortable with things...it's just that James always goes and pushes the boundaries of their relationship and makes him unsure all over again. But at least he's usually a little less unsure every time.]

Please, give me some credit. You're not that subtle about thinking it.

...Okay, yeah. You're right.

[The stubborn part of him says that James did this to himself and he has to deal with the fallout, but he also feels like saying that after months like this would be a bit unfair.]

Well...it's getting better, isn't it?

[Yeah, that's good and more neutral.]