[ Ford really, really would like to leave it, but that dad typo and the opening comment of the conversation are both bothering him. Not because he's made the connection, mind, but because being reminded of his own father, and of he and Stan's encounter with said father's ghost, have got him thinking.
Ten minutes later, there's a followup message. ]
By the way.
Sometimes, distance is the best way to handle a difficult person.
You're not obligated to give someone another chance to disappoint you.
[ He doesn't expect anything else to come from this. He'd help the misfire come to that on purpose, the idea of someone uninvolved in the original conversation knowing who this was about, the participants -- maybe it could be guessed with enough boredom and sleuthing, but Robby wasn't going to help it along. That was that, and he could go back to the subject with the person he'd meant the message for, forget this small hiccup (if sheepishly).
But then the other text comes through, late. It's a notification that Robby's unsure of what it could be at first, but he reads it after a minute. And then there's a minute after, a minute after that one.
Because it's difficult, isn't it? When you want to hope for a better outcome, and when you can never decide if, ultimately, the problem is you. Some people are fools who still want a dad after years of never having one.
Robby doesn't respond, but the message is marked read -- and it leaves a mark too, with him. ]
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cryptograms) wrote2021-09-04 07:34 pm
2/2, un: kickflips
shit sorry. wrong person
family stuff
didnt show as a new chat
no subject
I was worried I had somehow forgotten one of my correspondents.
Who am I speaking to, in that case?
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He tries writing dallas, but his fingers keep going for r, o, b,. Okay, thanks, blood. ]
it doesnt matter
u should enjoy your dad
day
no subject
Well, this is Stanford Pines, if you even need to contact me in the future.
Good luck with the
[ .... uh.... ]
karate tournaments?
no subject
never contact Stanford with this username ever. ]
sure
no subject
Ten minutes later, there's a followup message. ]
By the way.
Sometimes, distance is the best way to handle a difficult person.
You're not obligated to give someone another chance to disappoint you.
no subject
But then the other text comes through, late. It's a notification that Robby's unsure of what it could be at first, but he reads it after a minute. And then there's a minute after, a minute after that one.
Because it's difficult, isn't it? When you want to hope for a better outcome, and when you can never decide if, ultimately, the problem is you. Some people are fools who still want a dad after years of never having one.
Robby doesn't respond, but the message is marked read -- and it leaves a mark too, with him. ]