AUDIENCE FOR: Yoo Joonghyuk

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[i need to say that this fruit parfait gets a slightly more enthused reaction than the dumplings. those were good, but this seems more their speed.]

You would be correct. [still amused.] He's dramatic and I wouldn't be surprised if he was just saying stuff to see if anybody would own up to it, even if it wasn't true. But I don't think any of it's malicious or anything.

[malewife]

[ That's acceptable for him. In which because it isn't useful, he won't tell Jason and hopefully the boy will spiral in paranoia forever. ]

You like sweets? [ ... ] And do you normally talk formally.

[ He remembers the dude. ]

[guestservices]

[they are busy scooping up some of the fruit to eat one bite at a time. slowly.]

Stuff like this is fine. And sometimes candy. [but they tilt their head.] Was I being formal? My bad.

[malewife]

[ wow the petite bites ]

I wasn't sure if this is how you usually speak or if you prefer something more casual. Like using dude, guys, sucks, bussin, cool, or sick.

[ i chose words ]

[guestservices]

[baby bites...]

I adjust to whoever I'm talking to I guess? Not always on purpose. Also bussin? Really?

[malewife]

[ this is... baby? ]

... Even when teenagers are learning how to cut through bone with swords, they find their ways back to slang.

[ Says from experience. ]

[guestservices]

[they seem to consider this.]

Oh yeah? Just how many teenagers have you worked with?

[malewife]

Personally, four. Three of them I've worked with over all my regressions.

[ do you ever have to watch the same kids grow up over and over ]

[guestservices]

Oh. [oh. they pause eating for a moment.] Do they remember the regressions the same way you do?

[how does this all work...]

[malewife]

... They don't. For them, it is our first meeting.

[ He eats his own parfait. ]

The regressor doesn't change. Instead it is everything around them that changes.

[guestservices]

[...they push a berry into the yogurt in thought.]

Do you ever feel like you're displaced when that happens? Knowing what you know and having to just live with the changes that aren't the same as you're used to.

[malewife]

... Every time you speak to those you knew, you come to realize that the time you shared together will never be yours again.

You don't belong anywhere, even among familiar faces.

[ It's a lonely existence. ]

[guestservices]

...it sounds like a pretty painful experience. You remember all of these things but you can't act on them. Nothing's the same and you can't go back and change it to what it was.

[. . .]

I'm sorry.

[malewife]

... I don't need pity. It was my choice to regress.

[ Anyway: ]

They always somehow circled back to slang.

[guestservices]

It's not a sign of pity to express sympathy, I think. [so there. they pointedly chomp on another berry.]

I dunno. Maybe that's just the one constant of the world no matter how many times you start over.

[malewife]

[ He huffs and weirdly Niah also huffs. ]

... Slang.

[ HElP. ]

[guestservices]

Slang. [they just repeat it even as they scritch niah behind the ears.]

...any slang you get from me is probably a total accident. Just saying.

[malewife]

[ Niah's ear flickers. ]

Influenced by those around you?

[guestservices]

[they let up on the scritches to see if niah prefers that instead? is this a happy flick or a "stop touching me" flick, they are gauging.]

Something like that. I don't really let people influence me when it matters, but...you know. Adapting to be like everybody else.

[malewife]

[ It is a neutral flick, just instinctual. Niah doesn't seem to mind. ]

Taking on aspects or traits from others is natural.

[ So he gets it. ]

So who is it?

[guestservices]

[pets for niah then.]

A little of person a, a little of person b...I don't really have just one person I take after. If that's what you're asking, anyway. Maybe it'd be easier if it was that way.

[malewife]

I am not asking something so broad.

[ why must i write this ]

Who did you adopt dude from.

[guestservices]

[why ARE you writing this.]

...does it really matter? Why're you even asking?

[help.]

[malewife]

[ Just goes quiet and stares at them. ]

[guestservices]

It wasn't really anyone here. It just slipped out. If you're asking to get a gauge on which of the guests might be influencing me, or which members of the staff, it won't be a satisfactory answer.