[It takes longer to reply this time, if only because the certainty in Lisa's message reminds Rip of his own brand of selfishness.
The kind that would defy time itself for the sake of family.]
Selfishness and goodness are rather subjective things, you realize. That you hold people so dear would be for many a sign of the latter.
[Just to point that out.]
He was fine. Unaffected by the event, and rather generous when it came to giving away keys. [Which Rip knows because he stole one, but had been gifted the other.] I hadn't met him before that--nor did I realize that you two were close.
[Because yes, Lisa, Rip does indeed see through that concern.]
Mikey? [She can't see it, but on Rip's end? He's making a face.] I'm pretty sure no one has ever called me that. As for the rest, while he is taller, it's not nearly so great a difference, and I'm a bit more capable of avoiding them.
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The kind that would defy time itself for the sake of family.]
Selfishness and goodness are rather subjective things, you realize. That you hold people so dear would be for many a sign of the latter.
[Just to point that out.]
He was fine. Unaffected by the event, and rather generous when it came to giving away keys. [Which Rip knows because he stole one, but had been gifted the other.] I hadn't met him before that--nor did I realize that you two were close.
[Because yes, Lisa, Rip does indeed see through that concern.]
Mikey? [She can't see it, but on Rip's end? He's making a face.] I'm pretty sure no one has ever called me that. As for the rest, while he is taller, it's not nearly so great a difference, and I'm a bit more capable of avoiding them.
[Hopefully.]