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[mypartnerintime]

[Her voice is light and cheerful on the pre-recorded message.]

Do the thing!

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[mypartnerintime]

[There's another pause on her end, punctuated by the occasional sniff as she begins to calm down.]

...I get it. [She lets out a long, shaky sigh.] I think you're... a lot tougher than that, you know. I m-mean... not even... physically.

[She pauses again.]

I don't... pity you.

[Never.]

[punful]

[He makes a soft sound that's almost a laugh.]

i appreciate that.

[He can't ever bring himself to think of himself as tough. Powerful, yes. Stubborn, absolutely. Frustrating, ridiculously so.]

i know you don't. thank you.