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[youresovein]

[ Behold: Lestat, sprawled on a velvet couch in a leather jacket, head leaned casually on the arm rest. Visible from this selfie angle, discarded on his coffee table, is a laptop open to a word processor. He's deep in thought tonight. ]

Have you ever fallen in love? Have you ever been punched very hard in the face, or perhaps attacked by a pack of starving wolves? For those of you who've done both, would you say the experiences were at all comparable?

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[youresovein]

I was so hoping to lead you to the answer on your own.

[d33tached]

I don't see how I could possibly be led to an answer about your own personal experiences.

You've compared falling in love to both being punched in the face, as well as being attacked by hungry wolves.

The question remains: Why?

[youresovein]

Imagine first my patient sigh.

Second, here are a few commonalities: sudden, painful, unexpected, only sometimes worth it.

[d33tached]

[...

[Well, given his inability to commit to any one definition of love, he's not entirely sure that that's accurate, but it doesn't necessarily sound wrong.]

I can only assume that you have been wronged in some way regarding the topic, then.

[youresovein]

It's a series of very long stories, but you assume correctly. In this case, it's the simple infuriating fact that I am here and he is not.

[d33tached]

I see.

[He does. He understands now more than he'd ever admit how it feels to be without someone that you--

[He still hesitates to call it love. But he cares for K31. He always had. He realizes that now.]

Had he been before, this person whom you are without?

[youresovein]

He was here for a time. Too briefly. And I've been without him before, of course, but that doesn't make it any easier to bear.

[d33tached]

No, I suppose it wouldn't.

My sympathies, in that case.

[Something D33 never would have said ten months ago-- even two months ago. But he gets it now. And it sucks.]

[youresovein]

Your sympathies are appreciated.

Are you any more inclined to give me an answer now?

[d33tached]

[Maybe.]

I've yet to be attacked by a pack of hungry wolves.

[youresovein]

And for the sake of conversation, how do you think you would fare?

[d33tached]

[Well.]

I would quite likely survive.

[Depending on how many wolves a pack consists of, but that isn't really the point of their conversation, is it?]