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[engineers]

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[bookpapers]

[yeah he's trying to be dad now

points to bixing, points his eye]





I've got my eye on you.

[engineers]

[ help

he puts his hand to his heart. ]

Well, don't worry, I've never broken a curfew in my life. [ THIS IS SO OBVIOUSLY A LIE ] So, I promise I'll be there.

week 1, monday

[engineers]

[ hello clown town

here we are outside of... the tunnel of love because it's the funniest choice. actually, it's mostly just lu bixing peering around the edge of it, looking at the animatronics. ]

The quality on these is almost charming...

[ nerd

hey lavi ]

[bookpapers]

[NERD

Lavi's here to join his fellow nerd, arms linked behind his head.]

They kinda remind me of Golem.

[golem would look offended if it had a soul]

[engineers]

A little spooky-cute, right? I could see it.

[ he's fond! golem... cute...

but here we are being nerds. at least the cursed potion has worn off. ] It reminds me of a couple of animatronics I built a few decades ago. They're a little rusted, now... If we get out of here, I'll definitely have to fix them up.

How's your day going, Lavi?

[bookpapers]

[i think personally it would have been hilarious for lavi to ask love advice from a mean bixing]

It's... going. [wow,] Been feeling kinda off since I woke up... Same with you?

[he saw the beeker]

[engineers]

[ don't ]

...I had a very strange afternoon. [ hghk. it's fine. don't ask too many questions. ] I think everyone has, though - at least it's not as bad as Harrowhark or Chandra...?

[bookpapers]

Yeah...

[sweet harrow and chandra...]

I'll do them the favor of forgetting all of that. [and for you, is implied.] Actually, now that I have ya, I've got a question I wanna ask.

[engineers]

[ O: ]

What is it?

[bookpapers]

[ ....

....... ]

...How do you know if you're in love?

[engineers]

[






unfortunately, ]

Well, I did a bunch of data observations! That's how I knew.

[ WITH SCIENCE ]

1/2

[bookpapers]

D --

[bookpapers]

Data...................?

[engineers]

I measured the output of my own adrenaline and cortisol levels and monitored my own heartrate whenever I spent time with Lin. And then - I did a lot of observations to see if he was in love with me, too, like the way he reacted when I held his hand.

[ there's like a moment where he's like dipping into nostalgia bc that was so long ago but

wait ]

Wait, why?

[bookpapers]

[this insane amount of nerdery that lavi now knows is ljh's type, wow]

-- It's nothing. I'll ask Jingheng later.

[engineers]

Oh, you don't want to do that, he's pretty bad at it.

[ don't sound so disgustingly in love when you say that ]

...Oh - wait, though, if you do, maybe you can tell me what he said...? [ stop NO focus bixing ] Wait, he probably won't want to answer, he might even just walk away from you instead. No, you - do you feel like you're in love? Is that what it is? With who?

[bookpapers]

[TRYING TO WALK FASTLY AWAY]

I was just curious! Anyway, it's nothing. I'm not in love.

[HE THINKS......]

[engineers]

[ if i had a nickel for every teen that fast walked away from me today

following after goodbye ]

Think of it this way, I'm an expert at recognizing the symptoms. What're you feeling?

[bookpapers]

[IT'S EMBARRASSING TO TALK ABOUT WITH UR DAD THAT'S WHY]

I'm not feeling anything!

[. . .]

It all faded away so fast... Can love just disappear like that?

[engineers]

... Did you mistake it for a stomachache, or something....?

[bookpapers]

I know what stomachaches feel like?

[dad.....]

I dunno. I've thought a lot of people were cute before, but this was way more intense. Like, I wanted to keep looking at 'em no matter what...

[engineers]

That's definitely how I feel about Lin.

[ gross but true. ] And it came out of nowhere...?

[bookpapers]

[gross.... but also cute,

thinks, how many number nines has lavi had so far? maybe a lot! maybe one?]

Yeah. [it absolutely did] I don't even know hi -- that person! I seriously don't get it... We were just talking at the bar.

[GRUMBLING]

[engineers]

[ i want to know who it is so bad ]

Hmm. Was the lighting really nice? Maybe it highlighted their features...? His features.

[bookpapers]

[stop noogies u

lavi thinks back. it's weird to recall these details that made his heart skip a beat just a few hours ago, and yet nothing's skipping now? he thinks?]

...I mean, I guess it did... kinda...

...Can you fall in love just like that?