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[therealgenius]

You've reached the voicemail feature for Justin Hammer. I apologize for any inconvenience I may have caused by being unable to answer your call, but I will get back to you as soon as possible. Thank you, and have a good day.

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[manofiron]

You say that like it's a mess.

I mean to try. Whether I succeed or not remains to be seen

[therealgenius]

It's a little dusty.

Y o u w i l l b e f i n e.

[manofiron]

What level magnification do you need to use to see that?

I h o p e s o.

[therealgenius]

The normal naked human eye.

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[manofiron]

Is this imaginary dust? Are you hallucinating? Should I be worried?

Take it as the compliment it is and stop linefacing at me.

[therealgenius]

No! It's actual dust that settles on things that haven't been dusted in quite some time.

Okay fine, I'll do that.

[manofiron]

Quite some time? Have you been gallivanting around the world like a rock star again?

Good. Because I don't care about the impression I make on other people for just anybody. Ask JARVIS.

[therealgenius]

Oh yeah. You know me. Actual rock god Justin Hammer.

JARVIS? Little help please?

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[manofiron]

Does the rock god wear leather pants? And some kind of sleeveless shirt that shows off his amazing arms?

[manofiron]

Ms. Potts has been attempting to convince Mr. Stark to care about the way others perceive him since she came to work for him, sir. Thus far, he has proven resistant to such concern.

[therealgenius]

No, Tony. No it does not. Unless it's your own weird little fantasy, than sure, why not.

Thank you, JARVIS; I'll talk to Ms. Potts about it when we have another call.

[manofiron]

That is so disappointing.

What about Pepper? What? Why are you guys calling each other? What did JARVIS just tell you?

[therealgenius]

I'll order you a small violin.

He told me you make balloon animals in your spare time.

[manofiron]

That would be pointless. I have no musical ability.

No he didn't. Seriously, why is Pepper involved? What did I do now?

30 minutes later

[therealgenius]

We're having a threeway.

[manofiron]

You have fun with that.

[therealgenius]

Wow. I guess if I can't bring Pepper in with us, I can't go for Charlize Theron then, huh?

[manofiron]

No.

[therealgenius]

Is this a tone in text thing or are you actually agitated?

[manofiron]

I am.

[therealgenius]

But why?

[manofiron]

It doesn't matter. I'll get over it.

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[therealgenius]

Communication

It's short and basic, but I link it because:

One of the most important things is honesty. When people think of being honest they tend to think of large things, however, being honest even about small things can have a positive impact on your relationship. Something small, like saying you feel fine when you feel tired can cause a loss of trust. It is easy to associate that small lie with a bigger scarier one. If they can't even trust you to tell them how you feel, what else aren't you telling them? Simply being honest can affect quite a bit of your relationship.

It does matter. That's why I asked.

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[therealgenius]

Wow, Jesus, that seems really fucking condescending. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be an ass. It's just that if you don't tell me why you're feeling that way, I don't know what I did to provoke that agitation, and I could end up doing it multiple times because I don't know what I did, and that'll lead to conflict and I really would rather not get into some sort of confrontation when you could have told me and I would have stopped. The same goes for me, you know. I'll be up front, but it's totally a two-way street.

Please?

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[manofiron]

Don't apologize. That's the point of communicating, right? For an article on the internet, it got your point across. And I don't want you to think I lie to you. I don't.

I don't like football. I don't want to go to the game every Sunday. Once a year, maybe, but more than that I don't think I could do.

Which isn't the point. I don't know if you even like football.

I did a lot of stupid shit over the years. I know that. But I'm not like that anymore. I haven't been. And that shit I used to do was always with people I didn't know and didn't care about. I don't blame you if you need or want someone else. I'm not a woman. But I'm not sure if I can be a part of it either, which I realize might seem like false advertising and I'm sorry for that if I gave you the wrong impression.

That's as honest as I can get. I hope it made sense.