[Dirk can't quite read Dave. That isn't totally fair; Dirk has almost no experience reading people in person. He had six months with his friends and a lifetime with movies and video chat. But the guy he studied for years, he was like a masterclass in impassive genius.
But there's another thing: there's what Dirk wants. And Dirk is wary as all hell of projecting all of that onto someone who has absolutely no obligation to him.]
So.
Yeah.
[Shit. What should he say? What do you do when you meet someone?]
no subject
Um....
[Dirk can't quite read Dave. That isn't totally fair; Dirk has almost no experience reading people in person. He had six months with his friends and a lifetime with movies and video chat. But the guy he studied for years, he was like a masterclass in impassive genius.
But there's another thing: there's what Dirk wants. And Dirk is wary as all hell of projecting all of that onto someone who has absolutely no obligation to him.]
So.
Yeah.
[Shit. What should he say? What do you do when you meet someone?]
I'm Dirk.
[....]
[He hates himself so much.]