camena | homophonic: jonas

[ well now she's just holding up this sweater to see if she likes it! ]

... Is the cashier the ref? Because you can't be the ref.

I can definitely be the ref and the player. [ it's a sweater that's at least a few sizes too big for her. ] But yeah, in this case, the cashier's a ref since you care about it being an unbiased party.

[ well that's the ideal size. ] Oh, you supposedly could have been a ref and player. But then why appoint someone else?

Suspicious.

I believe in trying to make it a fair match. I'm very generous like that.

[ he says, moving on to check out sweaters in darker colors like greens, blacks, reds, etc. ]

So you admit you would have cheated.

[ she goes to look at dresses. but they're all tacky so she is just. frowning at them. ]

[ he doesn't follow but he does talk over his shoulder. ]

It's not cheating, it's called having a strategy. Which, actually, very important here? Good skills to have.

Ohhh, okay. So I should just be counting on you for everything around here, huh?

[ it's a joke, and even if his own tone is a joke, the answer isn't. not really. ]

I mean you could. But I know that's not like you. [ because alex still wants the freedom and flexibility to do things for herself. ]

[ she's just taking it as a joke. it's fine. ]

You'd get tired of that soooo fast, anyway.

[ he kind of laughs. ]

Oh yeah? What makes you so sure of that?

Because I can do everything by myself.

Everything everything? Sounds impressive.

Everything everything.

But boys get mad about that kind of stuff.

[ he's rolling his eyes and has moved on to look at shirts. ]

I already told you, I'm not going to care about that kind of stuff and you can do what you want. [ ... ] I mean yes, okay, it is a little different here now that we are actually dead and anything else could happen to us, but...you know what I mean. I'm not going to do everything unless you actually ask me to.

[ hmm. she nods absently to herself even though he's not really looking over here. ... why are all these dresses ugly... ]

I know, I know. Relax. [ she was the one that brought it up? ] Maybe I'll let you flip a dangerous switch once in a while. But, like, that's it.

[ he kind of laughs. ]

You started it? [ but it's fine. ] I'm honored to have temporary switch privileges, sure. I'll take what I can get.

[ going to be very funny when they're separated on cyoas somehow. ]