[What an odd message to get out of nowhere, after a couple months of him being aware of her relationship with Vex, after a month of them working on the settlement together. It had her set aside the basket trap she was weaving and mull it over for a long moment. Thinking back to what all she's observed, what she knew, and what she'd been wondering since that housewarming party. What would prompt something like this?
Oh. Sex. That's what happened. She'd been wondering how long it would take for them to end up fucking. That it happened didn't bother Jordana. She understood that Vex had a high sex drive and she was a gorgeous, sexy woman. Anyone that didn't want to fuck her was simply not interested in sex with a woman. It was the rest that bothered her.
Namely that Percy felt the need to contact her at all. It spoke to there being more to this than a roll in the hay. That he felt he stepped over a line in his feelings for Vex (that Jordana had chosen not to examine too much, sometimes being a therapist sucked). And instead of letting Vex handle it, he was being preemptive, trying to get ahead. Sidestepping Vex's agency. And that stirred her Rage, seeing this happen yet again to Vex by another man in her life.
It was probably a good thing this was text.]
As Vex'ahlia hasn't spoken to me about anything regarding our relationship that would affect your and my collaborations, I see no reason that we can't continue working together. The settlement's prosperity is important to me, and I value your knowledge.
In the future, I recommend allowing Vex to handle her own relationships. If there is something that affects me, I trust her to bring it to my attention. What's between me and her is between me and her.
Take a long soak in the banya, Percy. It'll do you good.
The second bit is a bit more...he's not sure what word to use. Unexpected? But he can try to respond to it, all the same.
(On the way to the banya, no less, where he suspects he'll be too restless to soak and generally unwilling to do more than viciously scrub come and wine of his skin and clothes.) ]
That's what I'm trying to say, Jordana. I have no intention of doing otherwise.
You and I also have a relationship, though - a working one, if not an outright friendship. I'm coming to you under the auspices of that partnership, not as an interloper in Vex's affairs.
Then there was no need for this missive in the first place. I've never thought you to be an interloper and currently have no reason to see you as one. Unless that changes, there's no reason to worry.
[ He can read the room enough to stop trying to argue his point, at least. Time to go sit with his head underwater in the banya and see how long he can hold his breath. ]
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Oh. Sex. That's what happened. She'd been wondering how long it would take for them to end up fucking. That it happened didn't bother Jordana. She understood that Vex had a high sex drive and she was a gorgeous, sexy woman. Anyone that didn't want to fuck her was simply not interested in sex with a woman. It was the rest that bothered her.
Namely that Percy felt the need to contact her at all. It spoke to there being more to this than a roll in the hay. That he felt he stepped over a line in his feelings for Vex (that Jordana had chosen not to examine too much, sometimes being a therapist sucked). And instead of letting Vex handle it, he was being preemptive, trying to get ahead. Sidestepping Vex's agency. And that stirred her Rage, seeing this happen yet again to Vex by another man in her life.
It was probably a good thing this was text.]
As Vex'ahlia hasn't spoken to me about anything regarding our relationship that would affect your and my collaborations, I see no reason that we can't continue working together. The settlement's prosperity is important to me, and I value your knowledge.
In the future, I recommend allowing Vex to handle her own relationships. If there is something that affects me, I trust her to bring it to my attention. What's between me and her is between me and her.
Take a long soak in the banya, Percy. It'll do you good.
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The second bit is a bit more...he's not sure what word to use. Unexpected? But he can try to respond to it, all the same.
(On the way to the banya, no less, where he suspects he'll be too restless to soak and generally unwilling to do more than viciously scrub come and wine of his skin and clothes.) ]
That's what I'm trying to say, Jordana. I have no intention of doing otherwise.
You and I also have a relationship, though - a working one, if not an outright friendship. I'm coming to you under the auspices of that partnership, not as an interloper in Vex's affairs.
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Then there was no need for this missive in the first place. I've never thought you to be an interloper and currently have no reason to see you as one. Unless that changes, there's no reason to worry.
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[ He can read the room enough to stop trying to argue his point, at least. Time to go sit with his head underwater in the banya and see how long he can hold his breath. ]