This is a confessional. I would never break my honor to do such a thing. I only ask that you practice a similar discretion.
[ that priest to congregant privilege is very real, but don't go sharing this conversation with nimona either.
he's quiet for a moment. ]
You've told me so before. [ ... ] That means it is even more imperative that you recognize when you've made mistakes, Tiger, and you don't just dwell on them, but you fix them.
[They really won't. Odds are by tomorrow they will feel really embarrassed about venting in the first place.]
I guess the hard part is that it never seems like the right time for apologies. Any time I have tried, she either brushes it off or tells me I don't even know what I'm apologizing for. And yeah, stuff is hard here. There's always bad stuff happening. So there's never really a good time for it.
[ no!!! and it's not that he's not sympathetic to the thought bubble, or the behavior relating to it, really - but for tiger's dignity he won't address it, instead just reiterating, very patient: ]
Like...back on that first day, she got mad when I offered to help her figure out why her power was weird. Because we have the same power, see? And I've already figured out the nuances with it. But she got mad about it so I was going to apologize about it.
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[ that priest to congregant privilege is very real, but don't go sharing this conversation with nimona either.
he's quiet for a moment. ]
You've told me so before. [ ... ] That means it is even more imperative that you recognize when you've made mistakes, Tiger, and you don't just dwell on them, but you fix them.
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[They really won't. Odds are by tomorrow they will feel really embarrassed about venting in the first place.]
I guess the hard part is that it never seems like the right time for apologies. Any time I have tried, she either brushes it off or tells me I don't even know what I'm apologizing for. And yeah, stuff is hard here. There's always bad stuff happening. So there's never really a good time for it.
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...What are you apologizing for, precisely?
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[Saying sorry never stopped the director or the boss anyway. Why would it work here?]
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[ no!!! and it's not that he's not sympathetic to the thought bubble, or the behavior relating to it, really - but for tiger's dignity he won't address it, instead just reiterating, very patient: ]
Try, Tiger. Answer the question.
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[ was it ]
Like what?
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[Their voice cuts off suddenly. Temenos can't see it, but Tiger's hand just turned into a big tiger paw.
Their next words are quiet:]
Oh no.