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[survivalthroughhate]

"This is Maul. State your business."

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[droptheious]

[Kamra's a bitch, Maul.]

OH! So like "if a tree falls in the woods and one's around to hear it, does it really make a sound?". It's a philosophy principle. Koan sounds much better though. I guess that makes sense. I wasn't thinking that deeply about it. Just a passing thought.

[That he felt the need to wake Maul up for. ]

[survivalthroughhate]

Precisely. The real question is WHY you are up in the middle of the night instead of sleeping soundly in your bed.You'd better have a good answer for that.

[Or Varian is soon going to have the hell scared out of him when Maul comes over to the Disaster House and jumps into his window.]

[droptheious]

[Probably not the wisest move considering he stays in Fern's room these days.]

I can't sleep. More than usual. Something feels wrong and I can't put my finger on it. Like a real sense of dread, y'know? I don't even think it's October stuff, it's really hard to explain.

[survivalthroughhate]

[Sigh. He turns his back for one minute and Varian is already falling apart at the seams.]

Do you still have your kigurumi?

[droptheious]

[He really can't be left alone.]

I do, it doesn't worth. Neither does the pin Fern gave me. Or going into the tower to try and sleep there. Or any sleeping tonics. Nothing is working.

[survivalthroughhate]

[He was going to have to start wrapping the boy in bubble wrap at this point.]

Would you like me to stop by and try a few things?

[The Sith Lord knew some tricks when it came to getting a full night's sleep.]

[droptheious]

[As much as he's grateful for the offer...]

I think it's probably best you steer clear of the house until you and Fern talk. Still waiting on that, by the way.

[Suck it up and deal with it, Uncle. ]

[survivalthroughhate]

You can go on waiting.

[He'll get around to it....eventually.]

[droptheious]

[He's too tired to get into a fight, but he doesn't reply for a while regardless.]

Is there a reason why you haven't yet? Because I was under the impression you wanted to fix things.

[survivalthroughhate]

I've never had to apologize for anything before in my entire life. It's not easy for me.

[Most people learned this when they were five years old. Maul had to learn it at age thirty-five.]

I was only able to do it without you because you caught me in an unfortunate vulnerable moment.

[droptheious]

I'm aware, but sometimes you just have to suck it up and do the hard thing. Because your options are that or losing the people who care about you.

It's scary, I get it, but is it really better than the alternative?

[Yes, he absolutely did just insinuate Maul was afraid to apologise. He knows exactly what he's doing. ]

[survivalthroughhate]

[Varian knows him far too well by now. Maul of course will never turn down a challenge to prove he's not afraid of anything. His pride pricked, he irritably replies.]

I am NOT AFRAID OF APOLOGIZING! I'll do it. I'm just waiting for the right moment.

Besides, I can't put it off forever. There's too many people living in your house for me to avoid it forever.

[Varian, Fern, Luz, and Reaper were all people Maul wants to keep an eye on. He can't do that if he refuses to ever go over to the house again.]

[droptheious]

[There it is. ]

If you keep waiting much longer, your chance of ever repairing things will be gone for good. The longer you wait, the more he'll assume you don't actually care. This isn't rocket science, Maul.

So. Deal with it.

[survivalthroughhate]

The same way you're dealing with not sleeping?

[Yeah, nephew, he's unimpressed with the fact you're still up.]

[droptheious]

I told you, I've tried to sleep. Nothing is actually working. I'd actually REALLY like to sleep at this point. I'm exhausted.

[survivalthroughhate]

I offered to help you sleep. I already know my methods are effective. You declined. Unless you'd like to come over to my house instead so I can work on your mind in person, we are at an impasse.

[droptheious]

I declined because you're not allowed back in our house yet, and Fern would flip out if I came to you. So yeah, unfortunately, until you deal with your stuff, we're at an impasse.

[Get your shit together, Uncle!!]

[survivalthroughhate]

Now you’re just repeating yourself. And on that note, I am going back to sleep. It’s the middle of the night and I’m not going to continue a conversation with a sleep-deprived rambling loon of a teenager.

[Sorry, Varian, he’s gotten grumpy again. He’ll apologize to Fern and sooner rather than too much later.]

[droptheious]

[Rude.]

You're welcome to turn off your Omni any time, you know.

[survivalthroughhate]

Splendid idea. Good night, Varian.

[And with that, he turns off the device.]