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So... up the stairs they go, mostly side by side. Mark lags by a step or two.

There is a persistent silence.

"I... didn't think you'd react the way you did," he says finally. "I mean, I thought you might—that there might be something there, but not that you'd actually."

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Stalas snorts. "Keep dreaming, human boy," he says. "But you can have all the neck rubs you want."

The neck rubs definitely show no sign of stopping.

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"I'm like... two, three years older than you are," says Mark. "Dwarf boy. What if I want infinite neck rubs?"

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"Then I guess we'll be up here for a while."

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He giggles.

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"Dwarves don't dream," he feels the need to explain, after a moment. "Well, I dream, but I'm a pretty fucked-up dwarf."

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"Aha."

Snuggle.

"I like how you're fucked up. Don't kill me for this one, but the bruises are hot."

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Stalas pauses in neck rubs.

"...Dare I ask why...?"

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"Hmm... mostly because I'm imagining myself with them, I think," he says. "But also, it means you hurt all the time. And I don't want you to, I wish it was me and not just because I like pain, but watching you handle it like it's nothing... yeah, I like that."

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"...I can kind of see your point," Stalas admits. "I hadn't thought about it that way. It's just life, for me. Things are going to hurt."

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"Now that's familiar," Mark says wryly.

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Stalas rests his hand on the back of Mark's neck and lapses into a thoughtful silence.

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It's still nice. He doesn't complain about the lack of neck rubs.

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"...How much of me quietly thinking to myself is coming across, here?"

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