That's not quite the kind of teasing â if it's even teasing? â K had anticipated in response to his own, and it gives him pause. He's quiet as he finishes collecting the remainder of the ingredients and then indicates he wants to be put down. ]
I appreciate your help, but you don't have to stay if you don't want to. Or if you have other things to do. [ Not an unreasonable assumption when Tech Boy always seems to be busy with something or other. ] I know it's probably weird for you. [ And there's that.
It may be the wrong takeaway again, but a lifetime of being treated like a disposal object and with the utmost disdain continues to make these things difficult to navigate sometimes. Whenever he's uncertain of how to handle any given situation, that's the experience he has to fall back on. And he genuinely doesn't want to be an inconvenience, and assumes Tech Boy isn't getting much out of being here to begin with when he's stuck in this diminutive form. Aside from maybe a free (and proper) meal, if he wants one. ]
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That's not quite the kind of teasing â if it's even teasing? â K had anticipated in response to his own, and it gives him pause. He's quiet as he finishes collecting the remainder of the ingredients and then indicates he wants to be put down. ]
I appreciate your help, but you don't have to stay if you don't want to. Or if you have other things to do. [ Not an unreasonable assumption when Tech Boy always seems to be busy with something or other. ] I know it's probably weird for you. [ And there's that.
It may be the wrong takeaway again, but a lifetime of being treated like a disposal object and with the utmost disdain continues to make these things difficult to navigate sometimes. Whenever he's uncertain of how to handle any given situation, that's the experience he has to fall back on. And he genuinely doesn't want to be an inconvenience, and assumes Tech Boy isn't getting much out of being here to begin with when he's stuck in this diminutive form. Aside from maybe a free (and proper) meal, if he wants one. ]