If I didn't have respect for you, I wouldn't have come to talk about it. If the air didn't need clearing, then why didn't you talk to me before taking me off a class I'd been preparing for?
Since that day, you've spoken to me only when you had to. Don't tell me I'm imagining it, Shepard. If that's not what influenced your decision, fine. I'll accept your word on that.
FROM: sturmhond@cdc.org
It doesn't mean there wasn't something wrong between us, which I would like to put right.
I didn't have anything to say to you and as far as I'm aware you haven't had anything to say to me up until now. I didn't see the point in wasting either of our time
[And maybe if they're both extremely lucky, Shepard's muleheadedness will do something to convince herself of it as much as she's trying to get Sturmhond to buy it.]
[ He doesn’t buy it, not really. He’s not particularly trusting, as a rule, but he doesn’t believe that he was imagining things. He does think that pressing her further won’t make a difference, though. If she doesn’t want to bend, he can’t make her. He’ll just hope that taking the first step will end up counting for something. For now, he’ll stop bothering her.]
FROM: sturmhond@cdc.org
Then I’ll let you get back to whatever I interrupted. Thank you for your time.
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If I didn't have respect for you, I wouldn't have come to talk about it. If the air didn't need clearing, then why didn't you talk to me before taking me off a class I'd been preparing for?
FROM: sturmhond@cdc.org
Respect goes both ways.
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No one else had any say in their reassignments either. You're the only one who's come to tell me I had something against them because of it
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
I also said I'd consider your request. Just because I'm not handing it to you on a silver platter doesn't mean it couldn't happen
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And I accepted that. I still wanted to clear the air.
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By effectively saying that I've been holding a grudge against you
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
I'm not sure where you learned how clearing the air works, but it's not something that culturally translates
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Haven't you?
FROM: sturmhond@cdc.org
Since that day, you've spoken to me only when you had to. Don't tell me I'm imagining it, Shepard. If that's not what influenced your decision, fine. I'll accept your word on that.
FROM: sturmhond@cdc.org
It doesn't mean there wasn't something wrong between us, which I would like to put right.
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I didn't have anything to say to you and as far as I'm aware you haven't had anything to say to me up until now. I didn't see the point in wasting either of our time
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
There's nothing to put right
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If you're certain.
[ He's not certain. But if there does remain a problem, no one can say he didn't try to fix it. The ball is in her court now. ]
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I'm positive
[And maybe if they're both extremely lucky, Shepard's muleheadedness will do something to convince herself of it as much as she's trying to get Sturmhond to buy it.]
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FROM: sturmhond@cdc.org
Then I’ll let you get back to whatever I interrupted. Thank you for your time.