[The first request doesn't surprise him at all. He may have acted with Paul's best interests at heart, but he understood how both of them might not approve of his methods. He was willing to take that on the chin here.]
Yeah, kid. I can talk to him. One way or another I'll talk to him again. Don't worry about setting us up or anything. I'm not one to back down on my word when I give it.
And look. I'm pretty fucking good at karate but if I had to pick a second thing I'm good at it's talking dealing with babes.
[Perhaps this is what being optimistic means. Paul believes that Johnny will try, and that the trying will matter. (Maybe that's what he keeps seeing in Johnny, in spite of everything. He tries. Paul wants that to matter.)
Having gotten what he wanted there, he decides that the rest of discussing what happened can be handled more delicately over time - although he needs to warn Midoriya to keep an eye out. The last thing anyone needs is an escalation of the karate tension.
The tension he has in mind is a different one.]
There's nothing going on. Nothing that's a problem, at least. It's something else.
With people you've been with, before, how did you know when it was time to take the next step with them?
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Date: 2022-06-19 10:18 pm (UTC)Yeah, kid. I can talk to him. One way or another I'll talk to him again. Don't worry about setting us up or anything. I'm not one to back down on my word when I give it.
And look. I'm pretty fucking good at karate but if I had to pick a second thing I'm good at it's talking dealing with babes.
What's going on?
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Date: 2022-06-20 03:51 am (UTC)[Perhaps this is what being optimistic means. Paul believes that Johnny will try, and that the trying will matter. (Maybe that's what he keeps seeing in Johnny, in spite of everything. He tries. Paul wants that to matter.)
Having gotten what he wanted there, he decides that the rest of discussing what happened can be handled more delicately over time - although he needs to warn Midoriya to keep an eye out. The last thing anyone needs is an escalation of the karate tension.
The tension he has in mind is a different one.]
There's nothing going on. Nothing that's a problem, at least. It's something else.
With people you've been with, before, how did you know when it was time to take the next step with them?