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[devilsavocado]

[ yes, Matt can text, just remember if you text him, they're going to get read aloud by cave-Siri. ]

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[iustitiae]

Says the guy from a world with superheroes.

[devilsavocado]

Fair enough.

[ He chuckles. ]

So Jade, huh? She's okay with living in a house with two single guys in their late twenties, early thirties?

[iustitiae]

Straight women feel very comfortable around gay men.

[devilsavocado]

[ Matt isn't going to bring up his closeted bisexuality right now, thanks!! ]

She's fifteen, Connor.

[iustitiae]

Yeah, so you're like old enough to be her dad and therefore not threatening and I'm gay and therefore not threatening.

[he's tone is a little defensive after matts implication especially since]

You're the one who asked if she'd be okay living with single guys.

[devilsavocado]

[ Ouch, he didn't exactly mean to hit a nerve there. ]

I'm not that old.

[ But even he has to admit he's kinda old? I guess? The bigger problem now is Connor's mad at him, which, wow. ]

I just don't want it to be awkward for her. She's a kid, she probably needs someone looking out for her, even if she thinks she doesn't.

[ Teenagers. Matt grew up in an orphanage, he's seen 'em all. ]

What I mean is-- It's good that you offered to let her stay with us. She shouldn't be out on her own.

[iustitiae]

Well that's why I invited her.

[#protectallthechildren2k17]

[devilsavocado]

[ Connor he is so proud of you every day you choose to be this really nice guy who's a huge fucking mess but somehow finds the time to help people in need. ]

Yeah. That was really nice of you.

[iustitiae]

People helped me when I got here. Just, you know, returning the favor.

[devilsavocado]

I know. And you helped me when I got here, too.

[ There is more light to you than you know, Young Skywalker. ]

Plenty of people talk big, but you're actually paying it forward.

[iustitiae]

When I'm not shitposting, sure.

[devilsavocado]

[ He chuckles. ]

Even shitposting has its merits.

[ He is trying to compliment you, Connor!! Just take it. ]

[iustitiae]

[ but... ]

You'd be surprised how many people disagree.

[devilsavocado]

People like that never went through law school.

[ Shitposting saves lives ok. ]

[iustitiae]

[connor laughs at that

matt you dont even know]

There's our answer.

[devilsavocado]

[ Ah, the big secret. There it is. ]

After the first ten all-nighters, you start to appreciate the little things.

[ Except you know, in Matt's case that sometimes involved beating up bad guys. Like you do. ]

[iustitiae]

[and in connors case that involved anxiety attacks over murders.]

Ugh, no kidding. I'm working and studying and it sucks. I don't think I slept a normal night until I got here.

[devilsavocado]

[ They both got their issues, bro. Connor's are way worse..... ]

I can't even imagine. Foggy and I landed an internship at Landman & Zack our last semester and even that was a nightmare once we had to study for the Bar.

[iustitiae]

My professor is kind of a hardass. She expects a lot.

[devilsavocado]

I know the type.

[ DOES HE, THOUGH...? Probably not. ]

Those types are the worst.

[iustitiae]

I mean, it's good to be pushed. Academically.

[devilsavocado]

Yeah, of course. But lots of times they can take it a bit far.

[ OH, MATT, YOU HAVE NO IDEA... ]

Like, you don't need to make students cry to be a professor.

[iustitiae]

I'm not sure academia -- and especially law schools -- support that theory.

[devilsavocado]

Tell me about it.

[ Sometimes you gotta be an asshole to make it, too. ]

[iustitiae]

Whatever, I'm probably going to fail anyway. So maybe this was the best of all possible outcomes of my life.