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[snikthatch]

hey kid

look, I get it if you need to be alone
whatever's going on with you, that's your business to sort out and if you need to do it on your own that's up to you
nobody else gets to decide how you deal with all of the shit this place has put you through

but your friends are getting worried about you, so if you need me to head off their trail just let me know

just take care of yourself so I don't got to tell them bad news

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[ it takes A While, but eventually nick gets around to actually answering these messages. ]

i'd tell you
if i was going to like hide out or get space or w/e and like go no contact
i'd tell you

[snikthatch]

like you tell me everything else right?

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[ well.

that presumably is some of the context behind "told kyle and whoever the fuck i know else". ]

thats different

[snikthatch]

you didn't tell me because you thought I would stop you or because you thought I would hurt him?

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both, i guess. kind of.

you told me you'd hurt him if i asked you, before. i don't want to know what my answer would be now.

[snikthatch]

pretty sure you're beyond the point of getting to decide

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he's contracted to my best friend.

[snikthatch]

Mikey said you were playing a game with him

figure that means you were using yourself as bait to keep him away from your buddy

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it worked

[snikthatch]

yeah? looks like it worked real well
the guy's still a threat and you're about to be in the dog house with most of the people who should have been looking out for you

tell me if there's anything else I should know

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he didnt hurt oli, even when oli walked out and i'm pretty sure hes a possessive freak, so.

he made threats on anyone i told. if everyone important to me actually knows now there's no way he'll believe i wasn't the one who told them. literally everyone i care about was safer when no one knew

[snikthatch]

take it from me, trying to protect people from this shit doesn't always work out the way you want it to

usually it just ends up with more people getting hurt because they wander into it without understanding what's going on

what are you doing next Monday? you got plans?

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i don't know. no one was wandering anywhere near him until this mess started to spread.

whats happening on monday?

[snikthatch]

I want you to come to the gym so I can start teaching you how to defend yourself

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i do come to the gym

[snikthatch]

not like you're going to be doing it from now on

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i dont think me knowing how to throw a punch would have made a difference

[snikthatch]

it would make me feel better to know that you know how to deal with someone who wants to mess you around

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[ well ]

ok.

historically my whole dislike of violence has made learning anything. difficult

[snikthatch]

yeah well anyone who wants to hurt you isn't gonna care if you like it or not when you kick them in the balls

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i just mean like its been hard to teach

but i'll try