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[notrosecolored]

[ He shakes his head, smile still easy. ]

Because he'll meet it.

He's not actually going to hurt you or anyone else, Kazu. Not willingly or without really good cause like protecting someone else.

[collateraldamaging]

He'd-- but I am dating his son.

[ Isn't that weird? The rest, though... he gives a soft 'hmph' and crosses his arms. ]

That is not why I was concerned with making a good impression.

[notrosecolored]

Logan's at best a half-tame Wolverine. He is as informal as people get. He doesn't seem to like formality much in any circumstances.

You'll be okay and you did fine.

Though maybe continuing to provide amusing interactions for Val and I.

[collateraldamaging]

No, he was completely unimpressed... my mistake.

[ He relaxes a bit, shrugging one shoulder. ]

I'm sure there will be more, my options for how to speak to him are dropping like flies. And we do want to invite him to our engagement dinner since the whole thing is sort of his fault.

[notrosecolored]

What did he do to make him responsible for your engagement?

[ Better than asking him making suggestions on how to talk to Logan. ]

[collateraldamaging]

It got us talking about family. I am the only one of our team with living parents and Val has met them, nearly a year ago and long before we were together. I never got to tell them about us, but I told him they would still welcome him like a son if he ever needed somewhere to call home... you can see how it led to that.

[ There's a sad, distant look in Kazu's eyes now. ]

I think my mother knew well before either of us. She asked about him all the time.

[notrosecolored]

[ There's only one thing there that gets a bit of a double take ]

How long have you actually been together?

[collateraldamaging]

...only since as we've been here, really. We got together at home, but I died later that same day.

[ Which means he needs to think for a moment to judge how much time has passed -- they went straight to a permanent contract so it's not like they had to resign and could use that to keep track. ]

Four months? It should have been much longer.

[notrosecolored]

[ That is... not long. He is, however, going to get more information before doing more than being silent and trying to avoid judging.

God knew it took he and Jean a while, and he considers that 'before' very much important and part of their relationship now. ]

How much longer should it have been?

[collateraldamaging]

About a year. I know now when things changed between us, but he was right to wait.

[ He shifts his weight, shrugging one shoulder. ]

That still seems fast by most standards, I'm sure... but we've spent nearly every possible moment together for all that time, by choice. A lot of it in each other's heads. I have no doubts, not about Val.

[notrosecolored]

I am not going to tell you not to get married.

[ Even he has limits on his rudeness and knows it is none of his business. It's just. No. No that isn't long. ]

[collateraldamaging]

Good, because you would be wasting your breath even if I understand the concern. It won't last long either way.

[notrosecolored]

What won't last long?

[collateraldamaging]

...I did mean the marriage, but your concern will probably also be short-lived. Once you meet Val I think you'll understand my certainty.

[ Seeing them together, especially, seems to be key for most people. ]

[notrosecolored]

...You're really overestimating my ability to care about other people's relationships and also how much I think loving each other necessarily leads to long term, much less forever, relationships.

[collateraldamaging]

Maybe. I wouldn't say that love is the biggest factor in something lasting, either, for what that's worth.

All I meant is that he'll have to leave here eventually. We can only be together for as long as this place gives us, so there's no reason to wait. Not on anything.