foundfamilies: (then when can I begin to live)
Leslie ([personal profile] foundfamilies) wrote in [community profile] dagung 2020-01-28 06:57 pm (UTC)

[Leslie nods and, not thinking too deeply, says:]

It would be hard to imagine you acting as a successful diplomat.

[“Because no one would ever be comfortable around you” — oh no, she didn’t want to insult him She looks first startled and then guilty as she reconsiders what she said in her head.]

I...I didn’t mean that you —

[.........no she kind of did. She wouldn’t have said it out loud if she had thought through it all the way, but also she’s pretty sure any diplomatic negotiations from this guy would be perceived as veiled threats at best. Um. Um. She’s not sure how to apologize here without lying, which she doesn’t want to do.]

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