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[cavedwellers]

[Gosh you guys, there must be a holiday on! One of the bigger, more well-lit caves has been decked out for a PARTY, with heart-shaped BALLOONS and also red and white STREAMERS decking the stalactites and shit. There are BUCKETS filled with LITTLE CANDY HEARTS, and there is a FOUNTAIN featuring a rosy-cheeked CUPID who is PEEING PINK LEMONADE into a basin. Also ther are CUPS in case you couldn't tell the LEMONADE was for DRINKING.

Also, everything is HEAVILY SPIKED WITH APHRODISIACS. Eating or drinking the party favors will make you want to MAKE OUT with anyone who gets IN STRIKING DISTANCE. Have fun with that!]

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[bythehorns]

[you smile, and sigh a little bit in contentment, and lean in to do your best approximation of hugging your palefriend. ...which is actually more like just flopping against him with your arms spread, but you hope he'll get the idea.]

[onlyhonournow]

[making a happy sort of "hmm" sound in his voicebox, so I think he does get the idea.]

[bythehorns]

I, um, I know this is, pretty sudden, when we have been here for, only a little bit of a sweep, but, I think, I'm sort of pale for you.

[onlyhonournow]

[smiles gently, and poses his inquiry as mildly in tone as possible]

I'm not familiar with that terminology.

[bythehorns]

Um. I said, before, how trolls have, four kinds of romance? Being pale is, one of the kinds.

[onlyhonournow]

What's it like?

[bythehorns]

It is, um, one of the conciliatory kinds, where, you don't do, um, sex things with each other, but you pity each other, and you make sure, the other one is, feeling okay, and stable.

[onlyhonournow]

[tapping the underside of his chin again]

It's not pity.

[bythehorns]

O-oh.

Um.

S-sorry, I guess, I misunderstood.

[onlyhonournow]

[damnit don't look sad CHIN TAP CHIN TAP!!]

No, I think... that I did. I... respect you, Tavros. That's why I'd like for you to be happy.

[bythehorns]

Okay, um, well, I will do my best, then, because, that is, a thing I would like also, actually.

[onlyhonournow]

[I DON'T UNDERSTAND everyone should want their right to dignity yes?!]

... [just. frowns.]

[bythehorns]

A-also, I am sorry, for bringing it up, and making this awkward, and I hope, you are not, too mad at me....

[onlyhonournow]

No, it's... I'm honoured. I really am, with all my spark.

But for us Cybertronians--no. For me, personally, pity is something that is reserved for those who don't understand their impact on others. Someone who is careless, ruthless, and malicious, without an understanding of their own actions.

You're... certainly not someone like that. But for you, pity is something different, isn't it?

[bythehorns]

That is, very different, from how a troll, would see it, I think, since, those things, sound to me, like, things you would, hate somebody for...

[onlyhonournow]

I think my definition of it is a little strange, even by the standards of my own kind. ... but I won't apologise, Tavros, for something like that. I choose to respect you.

[bythehorns]

Okay, well, I can, accept that, and, thank you.

[onlyhonournow]

... There's certainly no equivalent to what you may call "pale," but please believe me when I say that I am genuine.

[bythehorns]

I do, believe you, and, I'm sorry, for getting, confused, about, how you actually feel.

[onlyhonournow]

Don't be sorry.

[careful headpat with pinky finger]

[bythehorns]

Okay, um, I will, do my best.