Room 504, Sunday Morning

[intraspective]

“I am so glad you’re a kitten,” Ino told Liir after she’d listened to the radio broadcast. “Because, seriously, I highly doubt you’d be pleased.”

What, with radio speculating that Hannibal thought she was a whore and all of that. Ugh. And she still wasn’t sure how they’d managed to think that she’d been talking about, erm, bestiality with Jack. What was up with that? Seriously radio.

For now though, her brother was a kitten and she was more than content to just pet him and talk to him about lighter things--no need to mention how the conversation with Cal had ended, right?--and leave her door open in case anyone wanted to come by.

[Open door, open post!]

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[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"You seem to care what Cal thinks."

[intraspective]

"Cal is... Cal. It's different."

It was a crush, or something, that she wasn't owning up to anytime soon.

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana shrugged. "Then if it matter how he feels about it, maybe you should talk to him about it. Not the kind of... avoidy way you can do, but really talking and listening and being open."

[intraspective]

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"I'm hideous at that."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana shrugged again. "You don't have to do it, but if it's important to you - if he's important to you.... Then you kind of need to, don't you?"

[intraspective]

"...I, uh, don't see why?"

Um.

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Does it bother you that Cal said that?"

[intraspective]

"Well, yeah..."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Then if it bothers you that he thinks it's a bad thing, you either need to try and change or you need to explain why you do what you do so he can understand it," Lana said gently.

[intraspective]

"Told him a bit," she said, with another shrug. "Don't think he got it."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Did you really talk to him or did you do your flip Ino thing the way you do when you don't want to talk about things?" Lana asked gently.

[intraspective]

"He asked. I said why. He didn't really get it. It wasn't a whole discussion."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Then if it matters to you, maybe you need to have a whole discussion," Lana said. "Or... find a way to not let his opinion affect you."

[intraspective]

"It's stupid," she said. "I mean, it sounds stupid even though it isn't."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"If he's important and a good guy, he'll listen and try to understand. Even if you think it sounds stupid. If he won't then he's not worth it."

[intraspective]

That got a faintly sceptical look. "Cal's... yeah, we um, don't do the whole... discussion thing so well."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana shook her head. "Then I guess you have a dilemma."