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[morganknight]

You've reached Morgan Knight.
And I'm not here.
Go.

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[morganknight]

[They're pretending, that's all. Pretending that everything is normal and that they have a normal path ahead of them. But... well, it's an option, isn't it? If everything fell out properly. So maybe it's more of a reminder that they can have such things, despite everything. Maybe because of everything.]

[Belief is a powerful thing.]

That's about the only way I will. But I would!

[ichoosefight]

[ Steph having a future does not compute. It never really has. She's at a bit of a loss here. How does being normal work again? ]

...Wait, you're rich, aren't you? Why can't we just hire someone else to cook for us?

[morganknight]

I could, but that seems like such a cop-out. [Morgan rubs at the side of his head with his knuckles, a bit self-conscious.] And don't ask me why that's weird but ordering food or going to a restaurant all the time isn't. I'm not THAT enlightened yet!

[ichoosefight]

[ She stares at him for a moment, trying to work out why this might be the case. ...Nope, she's got nothing. ]

I don't get rich people.

[morganknight]

I didn't know I had any money till I was seventeen or so. I grew up in a martial arts boarding school, so -- you know, clean the floors and do the laundry and rake the garden, we did all that to teach us discipline and self-respect and all that. Then I graduate, come back home, and bam! [He smacks the table with two fingers, just enough to make a noise to emphasize the point.] Inheritance time. So doing rich-person things like having a butler sounds pretty ridiculous. I have a cleaning service, but that's just 'cuz my mansion is huge, and my mansion is huge because I want to fill it up with people if I can, not because I get off on having a ceiling I can't reach.

[ichoosefight]

[ She's trying, she really is, but she also doesn't get wanting to fill the mansion up with people. She's been alone so much of her life that all she can picture is an over-decorated hotel. ]

I'll just take your word for it.

Though Batman's butler was like, the best member of the whole team.

[ It's a tie between him and Cass, but Alfred was a good friend when she came back from being 'dead'. ]

[morganknight]

[Well, it does have a pair of swimming pools. Wanting a huge family is Morgan's way of dealing with his own solitude, lacking parents and alienated from his twin as he is.]

Right, but he was there from the beginning! You can't just add someone on and have them suddenly be so indispensable.

[ichoosefight]

[ She smiles her agreement, but turns her attention back to her ice cream for the moment. That wouldn't hurt so much out of context. ]

I dunno. Isn't that how friendship works?

[morganknight]

[It's the truth, even if it gets into her own problems. Steph has something to prove, he knows.]

Hmm, and I imagine a good butler would also become a friend in time. If they didn't start out as one, as is the case we're discussing for comparison.

[ichoosefight]

[ At least she's back in a good enough headspace to tell mountains from molehills. ]

He was. To me, I mean.

Honestly, I don't mind the idea of living off delivery, either.

[morganknight]

Y'know. [A moment's pause.] No pressure, but if you ever wanted to move in here, you could.

[ichoosefight]

[ How, in the entire multiverse, did that manage to catch her off-guard? After a moment's pause, she smiles wryly. ]

It wouldn't really change much, would it?

[ She's over here more often than she's in her own apartment. ]

[morganknight]

Well, uh. [Morgan actually blushes -- faintly, but since his skin is so fair, it really shows.] It's not... gonna make me any less of an irrepressible horndog, y'know. That could be considered a disadvantage.

[ichoosefight]

[ Her smile widens, though she turns a little pink as well. ]

I'm sure I'll manage somehow.

[morganknight]

[Honestly, he IS a little embarrassed, by this of all things! He hadn't been so bad in the past, and then he'd been led down the path of carnal corruption. Color him very glad indeed that Steph doesn't seem to mind...]

Even if we don't get out of the house at all some days?

[ichoosefight]

[ Steph ducks her head and turns even pinker. Feeling down or not, that's a rather enticing proposal. She's been walking that path a long time. Besides, as long as he's embarrassed, she doesn't have to be! ]

It is a nice house.

[morganknight]

[And Morgan just smirks, blush aside.] You haven't seen every square inch of it. Yet.

[ichoosefight]

I'm not sure I could manage that if I had a whole year.

[ It's going to be weird living someplace more than 1500 square feet. ]

[morganknight]

You would be surprised how thorough I can be in showing it off, given the proper motivation.

[But look on the bright side, the main floor is a dojo. Training without having to go anywhere!]

[ichoosefight]

I think I can pass on rooms with nothing but couches and guest rooms.

[morganknight]

You say that, but thoroughness is an accomplishment all its own. [Morgan drops his chin onto a palm, propping himself up with his arm as he regards Steph with a fond smile that veers slightly towards the dopey side.]

[ichoosefight]

[ She smiles fondly back, that embarassed energy gone again. ]

You say that, but I'm still not interested.

[morganknight]

If history is any guide, we'll get so caught up that one or both of us won't even remember we had plans and preferences to begin with. I know you have that effect on me for sure.

[And that SURE isn't a complaint.]

[ichoosefight]

Oh, yes, for sure. I'm very forgetful.

[ Her voice is entirely too innocent. At least she has a surefire way to end the tour if he bores her. ]

[morganknight]

I prefer to say that we have a pretty good ability to... draw each others' focus completely, as it were.

[It doesn't go just one way, after all.]