[ He says it wasn't bad, which gets a little ripple of skepticism from Gray. He's just being polite, she figures... Surely it was like getting smooched by an airborne dolphin.
She wonders if asking for the D-tails of his name would be too personal. It's possible that his parents were like hers and just unusually lazy about lazing their child... Maybe he has siblings named A, B, and C. (Though she hopes not, that seems depressing.) In the end, she leans on the fact that he's never seemed to mind her questions. And if he does seem to mind, at least she'll be able to sense it and reroute. Empathic bonds are so convenient. ]
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She wonders if asking for the D-tails of his name would be too personal. It's possible that his parents were like hers and just unusually lazy about lazing their child... Maybe he has siblings named A, B, and C. (Though she hopes not, that seems depressing.) In the end, she leans on the fact that he's never seemed to mind her questions. And if he does seem to mind, at least she'll be able to sense it and reroute. Empathic bonds are so convenient. ]
Is there... a story behind your name?