[ kaveh considers this. the voltage tester in hand, he carefully checks its power source, and then runs it gently across the wiring. the readings are intuitive enough. with the breaker tripped, the machine returns a negative. kaveh hums, carefully removing the tester and dropping it with precision back into the cloth bag below. then, he begins to run his fingers across the little electrical box there. a finer screwdriver, and a pair of pliers just in case. kaveh calls out: ]
The little screwdriver, please. And the pliers, in case I need to wrench it from its place. Sorry, you'll have to hold the chandelier for a bit longer.
[ midnight's response takes longer to parse. the picture is made of disparate parts - gestalt theory, that the sum of the parts is greater than the whole, but most importantly, that each piece needs to be congruent in ways that the brain can easily arrange into its existing schema. someone who prefers to operate alone, preferring to have power to shape these relationships, and the need to have enough to give first.
kaveh thinks, this man has drawn a line in the sand between himself and the world. the line has a neat box-like shape to it. it's a line that one can plainly see when you look down. there's something lonely about this, too, because this sort of mechanism for existence doesn't occur in a vacuum. one has to look at the cards they are dealt before they create rules for it. one has to be hurt by them first. ]
You've strength to you. [ kaveh says, before he can think better of it. and then, in the darkness, he grimaces, because this is what had gotten him into trouble earlier. the filter between mind and mouth never seems particularly robust. kaveh shakes his head. ] Sorry, I'm not judging, or commenting. I shouldn't be. I've felt the weight of debt myself [ or still feels it now, he thinks, but this he'd rather not think about, ] and I know I'm not able to do much more than shoulder it. I only ask because I think it's tiring too.
[ kaveh wants the strength to gift, is the thing. but kaveh's never wanted anything without guilt. it's too much of a thought for the moment, too much entirely, really. so kaveh considers the make of the chandelier. ]
Mutual exchange, then. I'll help you install this chandelier where you live, and you can do something for me. Is that okay?
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The little screwdriver, please. And the pliers, in case I need to wrench it from its place. Sorry, you'll have to hold the chandelier for a bit longer.
[ midnight's response takes longer to parse. the picture is made of disparate parts - gestalt theory, that the sum of the parts is greater than the whole, but most importantly, that each piece needs to be congruent in ways that the brain can easily arrange into its existing schema. someone who prefers to operate alone, preferring to have power to shape these relationships, and the need to have enough to give first.
kaveh thinks, this man has drawn a line in the sand between himself and the world. the line has a neat box-like shape to it. it's a line that one can plainly see when you look down. there's something lonely about this, too, because this sort of mechanism for existence doesn't occur in a vacuum. one has to look at the cards they are dealt before they create rules for it. one has to be hurt by them first. ]
You've strength to you. [ kaveh says, before he can think better of it. and then, in the darkness, he grimaces, because this is what had gotten him into trouble earlier. the filter between mind and mouth never seems particularly robust. kaveh shakes his head. ] Sorry, I'm not judging, or commenting. I shouldn't be. I've felt the weight of debt myself [ or still feels it now, he thinks, but this he'd rather not think about, ] and I know I'm not able to do much more than shoulder it. I only ask because I think it's tiring too.
[ kaveh wants the strength to gift, is the thing. but kaveh's never wanted anything without guilt. it's too much of a thought for the moment, too much entirely, really. so kaveh considers the make of the chandelier. ]
Mutual exchange, then. I'll help you install this chandelier where you live, and you can do something for me. Is that okay?