PHOEBE
Let you go and the lonely in
To take my heart again
To take my heart again
"No. But physical intimacy can lead to emotional intimacy with as great of ease as emotional leads to physical." Phoebe said, knowing all too well from personal experience that it was true.
She raised a brow at him. "You love to overthink and overcomplicate things, don't you." she said, more as a statement from observation than a question. "By accepting it. Accepting things is an active decision. It doesn't just happen." she said, looking up at the canopy again. "It isn't a specific action or thing you make. It is just a decision. You say to yourself 'I cannot change this, and so I will no longer allow it to affect my personal peace' or something like that. It takes discipline...which...isn't that a very Launceleyn point of pride? Discipline?"
She shrugged a bit at what he had to say. "You're right. I shouldn't have to. And if you loved me, you would recognize that, and work on yourself so I no longer have to. But yes. You would also have to accept that I loved you and therefore wanted to help you through it." she said softly. "The two go hand in hand. It's just one of many complexities in life I guess."
She raised a brow at him. "You love to overthink and overcomplicate things, don't you." she said, more as a statement from observation than a question. "By accepting it. Accepting things is an active decision. It doesn't just happen." she said, looking up at the canopy again. "It isn't a specific action or thing you make. It is just a decision. You say to yourself 'I cannot change this, and so I will no longer allow it to affect my personal peace' or something like that. It takes discipline...which...isn't that a very Launceleyn point of pride? Discipline?"
She shrugged a bit at what he had to say. "You're right. I shouldn't have to. And if you loved me, you would recognize that, and work on yourself so I no longer have to. But yes. You would also have to accept that I loved you and therefore wanted to help you through it." she said softly. "The two go hand in hand. It's just one of many complexities in life I guess."
