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[tongueamok]

Hello, this is Carlisle. I mean, it's not Carlisle as in I'm actually answering you right now, so if you're trying to reply to me at the second, you should probably save your breath because I'm not really here. This is some kind of a recording of my voice, but this is my communicator. I'm going to assume these devices are as common here as they are in other places — not my world, but others, ones more technologically advanced than where I come from— so if you'd like to leave me a message, then you may do so here, or er... Right. Here is fine. So just leave yo— [beep]

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[thechoiceisyours]

[Chris hesitates a moment, trying to decide if he wants to say what he's considering, and instead decides to ask a question first.]

If um, you use it on purpose, does it hurt you or the person you're using it on at all?

[tongueamok]

Aside from the ink and the headache, no. Not if used sparingly. I can only assume it doesn't hurt those I- I compel. Some have noticed, and others have not.

[No, Chris.]

[thechoiceisyours]

[Yes, Chris, even if Chris is not super yes about this. Still, if it's harmless and it'd help avoid Carlisle losing control and all the things that go with it, then...]

W-Well, we could um... Practice. Still no running me into walls, though.

[tongueamok]

[He shakes his head.]

I am not subjecting you to my will on purpose, Chris. You're— [the slightest hesitation, as though saying it would ruin it]— you're my friend, and I don't want to- to do that. I will find some other solution.

[He just doesn't know what.]

[thechoiceisyours]

[Despite the subject at hand, Carlisle's response prompts a smile from Chris; Chris makes friends easily and isn't shy about letting people know he thinks of them that way, but he's gotten the impression Carlisle is a lot more reserved about it. So it means more than it otherwise would, coming from him.

But he doesn't call attention to it when he responds.]

Okay. If you can find something else, cool, if not it's uh... It's an option.