"It is," Alec agrees. "I was making a joke. Kind of. You don't know me well enough to know that I never really stop, even if I don't always say anything, but that's what I was referring to."
"Which... is why I want to talk about earlier. Just a little." He doesn't want yo make a big thing of it but he's also realized the problem in just trusting himself not to be a dick.
"I know you know a thing or two about anger. And how that anger comes out sideways sometimes."
"No," he replies immediately, emphatically. "That's my point. I was already angry and then I found out you'd been stuck dealing with your room that way because the Admiral dropped the ball."
"I would like for you to feel comfortable telling me when things are wrong," Alec allows, because that's true, "But it doesn't make me angry with you."
"Yes, but usually in consistent ways." He really isn't surprised, though, either by the Admiral or by Credence not saying anything and not thinking anything is wrong.
"The end goal is that you feel confident in speaking up. That's it."
"...alright," he says. Reflexively, he splits that in half. Speak up, he
supposes he can do if Alec needs him to. Feel confident in doing it? Well,
that's harder, but it's not necessary, really. "I'll try."
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Date: 2018-01-12 03:02 pm (UTC)"That just sounds like...common sense," he suggests, faintly, and with typically little faith in his own judgement.
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Date: 2018-01-12 03:14 pm (UTC)"It is," Alec agrees. "I was making a joke. Kind of. You don't know me well enough to know that I never really stop, even if I don't always say anything, but that's what I was referring to."
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Date: 2018-01-12 03:38 pm (UTC)"Oh. Sorry," he clears his throat, "I guess that was pretty dumb."
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Date: 2018-01-12 06:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-01-12 06:37 pm (UTC)"I - I guess most people would have known it was a joke," Credence mumbles.
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Date: 2018-01-12 07:21 pm (UTC)"People are hard. They don't follow rules and they don't come with instructions."
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Date: 2018-01-13 09:51 am (UTC)"No, they don't," Credence agrees quietly. His technique for dealing with this to date has been simply avoiding most of them, of course.
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Date: 2018-01-13 03:05 pm (UTC)"I know you know a thing or two about anger. And how that anger comes out sideways sometimes."
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Date: 2018-01-13 03:24 pm (UTC)"Yes. I know." Credence's brow furrows slightly. "...did I do something to make you angry?"
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Date: 2018-01-13 07:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-01-13 10:32 pm (UTC)"But I didn't say anything, I didn't mention it until you visited," Credence says. "So - it was partly my fault."
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Date: 2018-01-15 02:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-01-15 08:32 pm (UTC)Credence isn't altogether sure he believes that, and it shows, a little.
"I didn't really...think it was wrong. Just cold. And everywhere's cold right now."
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Date: 2018-01-15 09:02 pm (UTC)"The delay on the materials didn't seem off?"
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Date: 2018-01-15 09:09 pm (UTC)"The Admiral isn't very...reliable," Credence says faintly. So - no, not really.
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Date: 2018-01-16 02:06 pm (UTC)"The end goal is that you feel confident in speaking up. That's it."
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Date: 2018-01-16 06:14 pm (UTC)"...alright," he says. Reflexively, he splits that in half. Speak up, he supposes he can do if Alec needs him to. Feel confident in doing it? Well, that's harder, but it's not necessary, really. "I'll try."