reverseengineer | IC INBOX (futurology)

lets say you accidentally did something to maybe hurt your teammates feelings
and youre not feeling too good about it
even though TECHNICALLY i mean its nothing new same old song and dance you know
but youre also thinking you hit your head a lot harder shoving that lady out of the way of those falling debris so you maybe arent thinking straight
anyway point is
what would you do to you know
make it up to them
or something
i guess!!!?

[Let her just translate all of that into normal words first.]

You and Keith fought and you're looking for a way to apologize?

And you're asking ME for help?

[ LANCE... is not gonna acknowledge that very succinct but but painfully accurate assumption. ]

YOU SAID YOU WERE SMART????

I thought you wanted me to hack something!! Why don't you talk to Shiro? He's good at people stuff!

if i tell shiro hes just gonna tell keith!

[ he also doesn't want his hero to know he hecked up okay... ]

do you seriously have nothing??

[She's pretty sure he's not looking for her usual strategy, which is bury herself in coding and never talk about it. People are hard.]

Have you tried just apologizing? Or is that too straightforward?

i mean knowing keith its probably gonna have to be straightforward
but something tells me if i just say it he wont believe me

and what if he laughs!!

I don't think I've ever heard Keith laugh. You're probably okay.

[Probably not the point.]

So get him a gift or something. Gift giving strengthens social bonds. He likes knives right?

oh
good point

[ maybe not the point, but still a point... ]

you
want me to give the guy who may or may not be currently mad at me
the guy who has an impulse control problem and a real good arm
a KNIFE?

He probably already has a bunch. It's not going to make your chances of getting stabbed any higher.

yeah but none of them would be nearby while i attempt to apologize through the act of gift-giving!!

maybe

So get him something that's not a knife. It was just an idea.

this is so dumb what does that guy even like that isn't dangerous and/or cropped???

Things that are red?

[ ok but

lance's immediate thought is a rose

this whole thing is a disaster ]

what if i just let him beat me up thatd make him happy right???

Pretty sure if he wanted to beat you up he wouldn't need you to let him.

Again, why did we rule out just saying I'm sorry?

wait are you saying i cant take him because i totally could???
and BECAUSE
because...

because i dont know it doesnt feel like enough i guess

What did you even do that requires this much penitence?

[Maybe she should have started with that part.]

nothing!!

[ ... ]

nothing NEW...

[ not that that's any better but ]

i mean i dunno i guess we were having another bonding moment and he actually made a pretty decent joke or something
but it totally insinuated something thats just like NOT COOL man
like i was lost without him before all this i mean come ON

[ never mind that. lance made the same insinuation. not too long ago. um. ]

and anyway i guess i maybe kind of sort of completely ignored him immediately right after and then he got all mad about it

[ see? nothing................... ]

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From how you were going it sounded way more serious. Was this just the world's worst attempt at flirting or what?

[Worst on both ends. And considering Pidge's own flirting technique would probably involve screaming and running away as fast as possible if she had anyone she wanted to flirt with, that's saying a lot.]

[ ...what ]

[ what??? ]

[ no seriously what? ]

[ flirting??????????????? ]

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