Oh, I basically still have a big weird crush on you.
[Same one he's had since they met.]
I want to be around you, I want to impress you, I love how close you are with Gortys, I love how much you believe in your work, I think you're-- just, crazy hot...
And I'm okay with this being-- I don't know, a little bit one sided? It just means that, sometimes maybe I feel a bit--
Lonely's the wrong word. Not lonely-- uh... Needy's probably closer.
Don't apologise. You haven't done anything wrong. Your last relationship was with like-- an entire house full of robots, and I'm technically not even one robot, so I get that it's a-- a whole different thing.
[Pause.]
I just--
I guess I have been-- I don't know. I met someone super intense and full on and emotional this month, and-- I had a mixed reaction to him, but-- part of it was definitely attraction.
And I told him to screw off because I had a super hot boyfriend, and then I realised that-- I don't actually... know if I do.
["I've been demoted and now I'm sad and have a laundry list of bad decisions to make."]
Do you--
Are you okay with this? Do you--
[Why does this still feel like trying to read tealeaves?]
Do you think you're going to be unhappy, or uncomfortable, if we do this?
[It's as direct a question as Rhys can think of to ask. Is Elijah sucking up his feelings because he thinks it's good for Rhys, or does he genuinely not care?]
I would expect the arrangement to be mutual, not that I exactly have a line
of potential lovers waiting outside my cabin. But no. I wouldn't be
unhappy.
When I was Hux's warden he kinda-- I don't remember the exact phrasing, but he sent a pretty loud message to me about exactly what he thought should happen to my inmate.
And that if I didn't keep him in line then someone else would.
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I guess-- I don't know. I guess I never really thought about it until recently.
[but right now-- yeah. Kinda thinking about it.]
I feel like-- I'm not great at getting a read on how you actually feel about me. Which is fine, it just-- it means I have to ask...
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I...
I struggle to articulate how I feel about...anything. I mean. I'm not certain how you feel about me either.
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[Same one he's had since they met.]
I want to be around you, I want to impress you, I love how close you are with Gortys, I love how much you believe in your work, I think you're-- just, crazy hot...
And I'm okay with this being-- I don't know, a little bit one sided? It just means that, sometimes maybe I feel a bit--
Lonely's the wrong word. Not lonely-- uh... Needy's probably closer.
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I didn't realise that.
I apologise.
If you'd like me to be more...demonstrative, I can certainly try.
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[Pause.]
I just--
I guess I have been-- I don't know. I met someone super intense and full on and emotional this month, and-- I had a mixed reaction to him, but-- part of it was definitely attraction.
And I told him to screw off because I had a super hot boyfriend, and then I realised that-- I don't actually... know if I do.
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...I suppose I didn't recognise the importance of a label.
If you would like us to be boyfriends then we can be boyfriends.
...Was this the same person who killed you?
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Yeah.
But I still kind of wanna sleep with him.
And it's not-- okay, yeah, I kind of do want to be boyfriends, but it's okay if we're not, I just want to know that.
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[look if he knows anything about you it's that you would get a hard-on for your own murderer]
We can be boyfriends. And we can be non-exclusive if that's what you need.
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Do you--
Are you okay with this? Do you--
[Why does this still feel like trying to read tealeaves?]
Do you think you're going to be unhappy, or uncomfortable, if we do this?
[It's as direct a question as Rhys can think of to ask. Is Elijah sucking up his feelings because he thinks it's good for Rhys, or does he genuinely not care?]
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I would expect the arrangement to be mutual, not that I exactly have a line of potential lovers waiting outside my cabin. But no. I wouldn't be unhappy.
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Should we have-- I feel like we should make ground rules?
Like, the obvious ones are condoms, testing--
How much do you want to share about this? Like, do we tell each other everything, or do you want to just keep it totally separate?
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I think those are reasonable grounds rules. I'd like...
[Hm.]
I'd like to know that something has happened, but not the details.
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And I figure-- veto rule. If someone from home, or whatever, shows up and it's a hard no right from the off, then we just communicate that, yeah?
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Yes to names, and yes to a veto. Although I can't imagine anyone from my home I'd discourage you from...engaging with.
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I guess it's also-- if there's anyone on board right now you really don't want me to go with?
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Right now? No. I - haven't really been in the business of making enemies.
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I don't think any of my enemies would treat you bad if you took them to bed.
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...Who exactly are your enemies, on board?
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[Without missing a beat.]
Not super hot on Ford Pines right now, but that's more of a bro code thing.
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...Hm.
What do you have against Fives?
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When I was Hux's warden he kinda-- I don't remember the exact phrasing, but he sent a pretty loud message to me about exactly what he thought should happen to my inmate.
And that if I didn't keep him in line then someone else would.
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I see.
Well, I don't find him attractive regardless.
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But people keep marrying him. It's weird.
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There's no accounting for taste, I suppose.
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How are you getting on with Jasper?
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