catch-all; marcoh

[clockpunk]

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[boxcar]

[ .............................. ]

Uh, anything is good.

[clockpunk]

[ huffs a laugh. ]

This isn't the time to be askin', huh.

[boxcar]

No, it's fine.

Better to talk about these kinds of things than others.

I'm probably just not your best go-to for asking about movies. Maybe Koharu would know better?

[ Everyone tuck in to watch a romcom. ]

[clockpunk]

I haven't really spoken to her much. Maybe it's a good way to start.

[boxcar]

I think so. What you suggest sounds normal.

I think a lot of people could use "normal". Kids and adults both.

[clockpunk]

Normal's all I've really wanted for a while.

[ sighs. ]

What's "normal", for you?

[boxcar]

...

[ He hesitates. ]

Hard to say. [ Slowly. ] It used to be living with my sister.

[clockpunk]

[ he nods, not trying to push. even as he asks; ]

Older or younger?

[boxcar]

Younger.

[ He seems somewhat used to questions about his sister now. He just doesn't talk much, it doesn't seem reluctant yet. ]

[clockpunk]

So you were lookin' after her. What's she like?

[boxcar]

Yes. Ever since I was ten years old.

She is a good girl... woman. [ He can't treat her like baby forever. She is a full-grown woman. ] Strong-headed.