Shen Yuan has a lot of immediate reactions to this speech, both verbal and non. He squashes most of them; the urge to be angry with the man Sagramore had been(?) in love with; the urge to tell him he understands about not liking yourself very much; the urge to tell him he's living with himself either way, there's no escaping that, even if you die and get transported to a world where you're supposed to be someone else entirely.
The nonverbal reaction he doesn't suppress is that he shifts sideways, just a little, so his thigh is pressed a little harder to Sagramore's, and then he turns his empty cup over in his hands, examining it. "So—there's two parts to that, it sounds like. Habit—there was nothing else to do, in dark old Britain, and everyone was doing it; that part seems easier to me to change, or to replace with something else." He knows people who are trying to get sober sometimes drink a lot of seltzer, or energy drinks. Maybe he should introduce Sagramore to Mountain Dew. "The second part is the harder part. I'd tell you you're actually a very lovely person to live with, and I have an entire Mansion full of your current housemates who would agree, but I know that doesn't mean you'll believe it."
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Date: 2023-11-28 07:11 pm (UTC)The nonverbal reaction he doesn't suppress is that he shifts sideways, just a little, so his thigh is pressed a little harder to Sagramore's, and then he turns his empty cup over in his hands, examining it. "So—there's two parts to that, it sounds like. Habit—there was nothing else to do, in dark old Britain, and everyone was doing it; that part seems easier to me to change, or to replace with something else." He knows people who are trying to get sober sometimes drink a lot of seltzer, or energy drinks. Maybe he should introduce Sagramore to Mountain Dew. "The second part is the harder part. I'd tell you you're actually a very lovely person to live with, and I have an entire Mansion full of your current housemates who would agree, but I know that doesn't mean you'll believe it."