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FAOLAN O'NEILL
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22/10

[knightscode]

A girl just tried to buy me a drink then told me she had class and gave me her number and left. Is that normal?

[reticence]

It depends on which part you're asking about.

[knightscode]

Leaving? Why would she try to buy me a drink then immediately leave? I did tell her I had a bit of coffee left but I said I wouldn't mind a new drink? Then she just decided to leave?

[reticence]

But she gave you her number. Did she actually try to buy you a drink, or just make the offer? Did she know that you had already had one at that point?

[Faolan can't believe he's explaining this to Lancelot. He can't believe he has to explain it to him, never mind that he is.]

[knightscode]

She made the offer? I think she hadn't seen it. She said I probably wasn't in the mood for another?

[reticence]

She knew. She did it on purpose. Inviting you out later was the point. She wanted to leave you thinking about it. Guessing. Not unlike you are, I imagine.

[Honestly, Lancelot.]

[knightscode]

Why would you invite out someone you know nothing about? She wouldn't tell me how old she was either. Is that a bad sign?

[reticence]

[This is a surprisingly revealing text conversation about Lancelot's own preferences, all in all. Faolan's going to pretend that he isn't interested in the topic, that he's not making note of the other man's responses (even though he is).]

Probably. I take it that she did invite you out later, then?

[knightscode]

Yes? She didn't give me time to disagree.

[reticence]

Are you? Disagreeing? Declining her offer? You have her number.

[knightscode]

I'm telling her I'm probably too old for her. If she's in class she can't be older than 23 or something right? Unless she's doing a PHD. How long do those take?

1/2

[reticence]

Depends on the program, but unless she's going for a doctorate, I doubt it. Did she look like she was 23? If not, she probably wasn't.

2/2

[reticence]

How old is 'too old for a 23-year-old' anyway? You're hardly ancient. Some people enjoy a man with more experience.

[knightscode]

She just said she likes older men. I don't think I qualify as a man with more experience.

[reticence]

[If you could see his face right now. Luckily you cannot.]

Yet you do qualify as older, then, I take it?

[knightscode]

She's 18!!!

[reticence]

Ah. Definitely not 23, then.

[Faolan may be starting to enjoy this.]

[knightscode]

You aren't helping

[reticence]

You've learned she's too young. I assume that you've turned her down since. What more is there to it than that?

[knightscode]

I've TRIED to turn her down.

[reticence]

What do you mean, 'you've tried'?

[knightscode]

Like I said, she likes older men.

[reticence]

That doesn't mean you have to DATE her, Lancelot. She's 18! Just don't go.

[knightscode]

But how do I let her down nicely?

[reticence]

Tell her you aren't interested. It's the truth, isn't it?