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_“ Hey, it's me. Wait for the thing. _”

I was just being facetious. It only lasts for a few hours.

I knew a journalist who did all of his best thinking during sex.

And then went around telling everyone about it? How altogether unprofessional.

You assume I know because he talked about it.

[THERE'S A SMIRK IN THAT VOICE. YOU CAN HEAR IT.]

Wh...Oh. [Um.] Well - that's - Still unprofessional. And I am never less than professional!

Is it so unprofessional? It helped us solve a 40 year old murder case.

[Wait, what?]

Er - beg pardon?

In the throes of passion, he figured out what had really happened to the victim. She was very much alive.

[More like she told Mikael to shut the fuck up until she was done.]

But...That...Er. That doesn't...Brains don't work like that.

His did and we won't know if yours does if we don't try, will we?

Well, mine...works just fine when not like that. And I'd sooner keep it that way.

Well if you ever change your mind, you know how to reach me.

[Against his better judgment, he hesitates and then asks:]

Why?

[For the first time in this conversation, she's serious.]

Why what?

Why would you offer that?

I was playing off Jesse.

[A pause.]

But if there was ever a moment where I found myself in that position, I wouldn't hesitate. I'm in control of my own sexuality.

Yes, but you don't know me.

I didn't know Jesse all that much either when I first slept with him. I didn't know a girl named Miriam that much when I was with her back home.

But they worked out. Maybe I'm just lucky or I can tell the good from the bad people.

However, people sleep with strangers all the time. Complete strangers. And then just forget about them.

Well - I do not believe in that. That is...That will just cause emotional damage, and the spread of diseases.

It causes emotional damage if you're stupid enough to believe a one night stand will lead to anything.

As for diseases, that's why you wear condoms.

...Hmph. Besides which, does it not strike you as a waste of time to spend all that time courting someone?

It's not a waste of time if the objective is sex. And it's not something as romantic as courting.

Well, I see no point in physical pursuits. Only mental ones.

Then that makes you a good man.

I... [He flushes again.] Honestly, what is with the two of you? Why are you both leaping to such conclusions?

[She's pausing for awhile]

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