[ After a second's deliberation, he reaches for the remote and mutes the TV, because at this point he'll feel more like a coward if he doesn't say something. ]
Okay, fine. You said you'd had issues, too. What kind of issues?
[ This IS difficult. Especially since it was his corpse. And that still freaks him out. And that's not exactly helping his "worrying about Piper" problem. And they're having this conversation with James using him as a footrest. ]
Okay. All right. That counts as issues, too, I guess.
[ Well, damn it, now Piper's said something so he has to, since he's trying to be sort of kind of fair and all. God, does talking about it ever actually help, or is it always this weird? ]
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[ It's more of a whine than anything else, and he drags both hands down his face, just to be dramatic. ]
God. See, you keep talking about how there's nothing wrong with it, but it's not like you're any more willing to share.
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[Gotta continue to be stubborn and unhelpful.]
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[ Good thing his feet are conveniently located for one to nudge Piper in the stomach. ]
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[EMPHASIS ON KICK.]
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... no. Stay. C'mon. Just don't expect me to go laying any more of my cards on the table 'til you do.
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Okay, fine. You said you'd had issues, too. What kind of issues?
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He doesn't have to tell him all of it now, but he might as well get some of it over with.]
Hallucinating a dead person can still talk to you kind of issues?
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[ Well that's not even a little bit what he expected. Damn it, Piper, always throwing him for a loop. He's supposed to be good at predicting people! ]
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"And yeah"? What the hell, Piper, you can't just "and yeah" that kind of thing like it's something anyone's got any kind of frame of reference for!
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[This is difficult okay James.]
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Okay. All right. That counts as issues, too, I guess.
[ awk. ward. ]
What'd I... uh. It. Say?
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[This is not what he came here for.]
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Well, at least I left a helpful corpse.
[ Not that, probably. ]
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... Yeah. It's way too quiet, right?
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