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[flatfeet]

You can, though. If you really feel like you can't do this with me, I'm not going to force you to.

[ and that's important to her, making sure they hold on to consent when they can. if he'd rather do this with someone else, or if he's determined to make a point by refusing to participate, she's not going to go against what he feels he needs to do for himself. ]

You're really good at protecting me, and that means more than I think you realize. But you don't have to protect me from this. If you'll let me come with you, we can take care of the citation together and it'll only make our partnership stronger.

[ besides, who's to say the city won't demand some aphro-induced edging in the future? she'd much rather her first experience of it be with Clark than anyone else.]

[mansuit]

[ Barbie had him with strengthening their partnership, to be fair. He re-reads her message for a good number of times, before he responds. ]

Alright. You've raised very good points there, Barbie.

I'll let you help.

[ Followed up with - ] But I'm also going to make sure you feel good afterwards.

[flatfeet]

Deal.

Let's make each other feel good afterwards.

[ because she realizes that for Clark, it might take a little more than just sex for him to feel okay about all of this.]

[mansuit]

[ Barbie, of course, is right. ]

Okay, good.

That helps lessen my anger and frustration towards all this.

[flatfeet]

Your anger is completely justified, but I assume that's what they were going for.

So anything I can do to lessen it is probably going to annoy them, and I like that better.

[mansuit]

When you put it that way, you're starting to lessen it now.

I'd like for that to be the goal here.