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* X7 `1 M0 n3 n"...You this!" a form. doors. inside, outdoors, air, her, grip, in. days. outlook:
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"I it's I books, movies, games, week's up?" self. emotions.

8 r2 F' Y* a$ A8 H& i) z8 ?'rocking boat'

'overstepping Ben's boundaries'. other, a a responded. all, mind,

$ b: N4 f5 p( c7 \0 C% ~0 N, badly? hall, a past,

: m/ y' B/ m' XCam's week, 'obvious' week's conversation. earlier, better, late. head,
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. c/ k0 Z1 l0 A: f! b"Maybe I something?" Herself. topic.
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she'd week, a night. together, 'this time' normal. a session, ' me?' you'd drama's. a team. a plan, wordlessly, person's preferences, strategy. 'intimate', embarrassment, Cam's him. idea, return, way, about, her.
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Aya, night, parties. 'neediness',

'if that's wanted.' this, fallacy, says:

" you're feel, small. lite, enjoy."
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" ^" X! n% S" I, G7 V4 N5 f" question, he's you'll know, it." this, apprehensive, Aya's point, it. weeks, game's, topics, up. them,

'best option' be, success, him, discomfort. event,

'being pushy'. week, self, he'd MMO,
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beginner's guide'

6 ?! a+ C$ j' X5 G( {5 R  qvideos, acclimated. wasn't level, story. research, (damage dealer) unlocked.

But, guides, unprepared. a unlocked, level, she'd weight. complete, Friday, she'd Ben.

Tim,

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"Fine, you?" responds,

+ }% t6 h# t3 h4 a, s1 X"I'm too..." adding, "I check, a little... week...". this, better,

1 I; A. z( s* w9 y+ s, A: M+ p3 aBut, this, messy.

9 d5 k! x6 @) N5 h) i. c* z"Oh, sorry, I a tired", manages. apologize, can't he's saying, inadvertently ruminations.
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( `. C, L3 u5 L% d: UIt's week, clock, she's night. 15 they'd home, 'The Question.' though,

- ^9 d/ z6 A1 O$ I- p"Well I can't that..." she'd a years.
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) Ben's share, PS2 he's discovered. interrupt, that, captivating, herself. talked, a game, 'proper' a bit, that's here. over,
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(earlier expected)

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" ~- w) i9 v5 n1 w" W"Maybe quick, I'll that.
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...You know, I don't Ben's time!" a lie, a game, 15 sessions.

Relived, says,
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"Hey Ben, try..." she's a phone, table, see's a Aya. says.

  @- g  w4 ]# |* k% k"So, how'd go?" a guilty, topic. a out, asks,

8 `' h$ ?- y' l0 Y8 Y7 v: e"Hey, online?"

he's '
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no'

, she'll ahead. with,
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I I again.
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I you'd week...Why ask?"
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a face. dread, focus,

/ F& U6 i) w7 T: \6 x8 x1 ]! I"Yes, why?" Ben's reply. ask, out.
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' H6 L8 \. M, f5 s- C"Well...I've recently, I together?" clarification simultaneously.
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"I meant.... game. play, I that, (haha) something?" brain, faster.

"I mean, i I'm you, I'm 'for me', But... I you've them, boring. like, them. I'm yet, I help. something... I I game, me, party. I party, I myself, that. and..again too... want. me.. well,I too, options, night!" a ramblely, Ben's face, a again, tightly, fidgeting, focus.

"I together, anything, doesn't dungeons, out!" a conversation, idea. a a Ben's face, a discomfort, she's seen... anyone. a tone, replies,
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"...yeah do.. something." sour, pure, rejection. "No", "I'm busy.", even, "I'm interested." clearly, thinking, up. up, games, chairs.

a past, Cam's
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'obvious' week's conversation. earlier, better, late. pointless, a
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'messing up' future.

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9 ]0 ^& b( }6 j4 |8 {8 zTim's sister. (by a years) group, she's
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'Duchess Diplomacy,' Cam's told, factions, alliances. games, hadn't joined, Cam's heard, situation, place, others, 'advice' her, end, she'd top. then, worse. meant, manipulative, a counselor, caring. a bit,
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'very competitive'
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? wall, see's start. she's go, goodbyes, she's with. a pass, a yet.

* q4 E# a& `/ E! d/ l( ~$ LHe's 6pm. (often time) passes, week's selection, games, down. voice, doorway.
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( J$ @6 ~/ v5 ?2 C$ }5 r; UI'm she'd 'Fashionably Late' style.

she's here, 'pop' a understatement. her. a a her, them. it... Cam's a herself. normally... she'd that. him. watch, 6:15, Ben's late.
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A her, herself. "Maybe can't week? he's Sick?" he'll thing. in, " he's you?" "What together?" a "You him!" again, it's a Aya,

"I it's early, I okay! needed." support, believe, "It's he's week, I'm be..." say,
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* D! A3 [5 x! J2 i: j4 H"Wow, I I'd I Ben!"

' c5 g7 j( b% d; M"What that?" herself,

7 Q4 b" w6 E  j! M8 Y4 U"Of course, you'd didn't..." a a voice.

! Q0 D$ g) ^2 c, g+ S2 ]# E: j. v"Heh, Yeah, sorry, I a up" discomfort.

6 {+ {5 G. R. s. l1 |Ben. here. didn't around, Her,

Also, voice, Her? her, weren't his,
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"Hey Cam, uhh..", her. a Ben. unrealistic, fault. a greeting, she's what's said, attention. she's are.

9 L  P' D1 M* M. D"Oh yeah, week...About XIV..."

  \2 Y5 f- X$ c4 Q& f$ P5 w..Oh, hadn't forgotten, resolve, angry, she'd rejection. Aya's
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2 @# [9 W: `3 u9 A0 [) y"The 'No' on..." detail, escape, damage. a breath, replies,

2 o  c7 ?3 ?" X. _! j"Oh, you're busy, worries, I a try." out, feelings. for...
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"No, no, it's fine. I everyone's time..." a tone.
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"

  @; E  ~/ j- l7 j..What?" whisper. this? not? tone? eyes, gaze, a face,

What's on? unabated:

& ~0 {( k7 F0 u7 Y5 c  u"So I fight,

That's point, I I I time..."
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"Wait.." a tone. this? game, time...
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cadence, a script.

* o$ h2 D$ A) ^- d8 p0 o- j"You a player, I'm on," continues, "However a dungeon, map, Ul'dah, Dhona, Coerthas." I I you, I unsynced, I'll caps. I you, don't normally.." her.
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"Stop!" a louder. wrong? poorly? everything, it's if....he a possible, on...
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everything.
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she'd balanced, other, company. problem, wanted. think.

Maybe, interaction, she'd wrong, her. didn't game! even, recontextualizing lens. interests, obligation? talk? make?
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5 K* \3 J# s0 z6 Q4 }  _2 n/ KThat's true. It's a time! saying, a little. a "optimize"

% X# W' E* z, K7 U  E4 J, "...best you", "What prefer" "I don't with..." a much, it, shout:
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: E! A; G$ D" L"No, Stop, I don't help!" this. a a shoulder. alright. well, out, hand, a focus.
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* h3 r/ ?( Y4 j9 n; CA mind. slowly, Ben, unintelligible. room. breathing? she'd anxiety.

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. |/ v* q- P1 ?6 |& w. J3 Y, ^"It's I a overwhelmed." a help. a expiation,
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"Ben I...We a misunderstanding." Grace's up, said, felt, herself, a understanding nods, a a time, a minutes, situation, a Cam. a place, center's ago... effort. she's
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# R) f! H7 U5 [4 g/ J9 O; K"Please, don't apologize, I you. I I it?" a this, obligation, he's interested. thinks, it's.. filled. brim, ring, 3 center.
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! a, ^5 D; q, ^  b"I that's okay" cup,

"I don't height, optimal.

I they'd cup, enough." conversion, summer, hydrated. stuck.
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But, she'd preferred, a amount... own. noticed, significantly.

2 K" q0 A) ~/ f! L8 xBen's air, fully, anyway.

"I kinda, you...doing night. enjoy...and to, equally" quietly.

"But... That's I suggested" confusion, "I game, I time, I too! It's problem" seat, respond,
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"That's not..."

, arrangement.

"Do I translate?" in. nods, begins, "
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"I'm I understand, a level, I don't mind..." sympathetically.
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% _  E1 d& p7 {7 k"That's not... I don't me, I together!" explain. a expression. a suggestion,

: M/ ~; T0 }$ k; {"Hey Ben, game, fun? levels, don't much? activity, parallel, it's a dungeon." it's Cam's a confused, she's this. a moment, says,"

Yeah, there's Crafting, Gathering, Fishing. fishing, a friends, fish!"
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6 ?# A- k7 ]" `" k7 E"Do you'd enjoy?" Cam.
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0 g$ o3 A7 c: B* u: T% Z+ M"Yeah, I've fishing, a neat! I things.." interest.
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"No, it's a role, learn, there's trip!" excitedly. Says,
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# b. [  @' \' u"Then don't that!"

3 Z* t( Q; f8 _% T, C"This a says, grace"

, says.
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) Y# F2 m7 p6 X  T& g"When Cam?"
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"and beforehand, know!" it, a better, pressure, consider. discord, a fishing, play. track, day, help, it.
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she's info, times, a it. beginning, side, misunderstanding, together. threats. was.. Real! books, seen. it, imagined. feeling, person,

Communication collaboration a goal, anything!
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