[Just reminding them of the moment at the top of the House has Siffrin's face darkening slightly. It's still...not embarrassing, necessarily, that sounds too negative. Overwhelming probably is the best word for it. It made him happy, of course. It'd been a balm on the raw, open wound of his insecurities, hearing exactly what Isabeau liked about him with such enthusiasm. But it was also a lot, and Siffrin doesn't know what to do with any of it. And even through the warm fuzzy feelings, there's still a bitter voice in the back of his mind that's arguing against all of it, struggling to believe it.
Siffrin smothers that voice mercilessly. He wants to keep at lease this one thing safe from the taint of his own terrible brain.]
You don't have to walk on eggshells or anything.
[Maybe it'd all be a little easier to swallow if Isabeau toned it down a bit, but Siffrin's not too confident in how well that would be handled. Past experience has shown his friends are liable to err on the "safe" side. What is Isabeau leaned too far the wrong way and avoided saying anything?
Besides, how would they even ask for that? You can say nice things about me, just not too much. That sounds simultaneously narcissistic and neurotic. They'd rather just let Isabeau be his boisterous self and deal with the emotional overload.
Besides, Siffrin has an excellent coping strategy for handling the flood of feelings Isa gives them.]
I mean, it was pretty cute seeing you get so egg-cited.
[Everything feels a little less enormous and all-consuming when you make it into a joke.]
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Siffrin smothers that voice mercilessly. He wants to keep at lease this one thing safe from the taint of his own terrible brain.]
You don't have to walk on eggshells or anything.
[Maybe it'd all be a little easier to swallow if Isabeau toned it down a bit, but Siffrin's not too confident in how well that would be handled. Past experience has shown his friends are liable to err on the "safe" side. What is Isabeau leaned too far the wrong way and avoided saying anything?
Besides, how would they even ask for that? You can say nice things about me, just not too much. That sounds simultaneously narcissistic and neurotic. They'd rather just let Isabeau be his boisterous self and deal with the emotional overload.
Besides, Siffrin has an excellent coping strategy for handling the flood of feelings Isa gives them.]
I mean, it was pretty cute seeing you get so egg-cited.
[Everything feels a little less enormous and all-consuming when you make it into a joke.]