[He unrolls the letter, holding out the ink-stained and paw-printed fabric for Tim to see, and takes a moment to frown at the sorry state of it.] ...Probably for the best that I didn't end up just leaving it here. Hard to make something presentable while a tigerlily is trying to play with it.
[Damn. Guess he really, uh, did feel bad about it. Like, really bad. He's not even sure what some of that means. "Get what you want out of this." That'd just raise more questions.]
Yeah, 'cause I would've come up to you asking what the hell any of it meant.
[Ginko's tail swishes against his ankles, but he's fairly sure he manages to keep that moment of uncertainty off his face, at least. Shiiit he's just making himself seem weirder by the second, isn't he. He misses being able to just not care how he came across.]
Ha, yeah, uh... it's not very clear, is it. [Now that he thinks about it and doesn't have an oversized cat trying to steal the fabric from him. Shit. Now that embarrassment is definitely showing on his face a little. He goes to roll the letter back up again.]
Sorry, now that I think about it this is probably coming off as... way too much. Figured I should say something, with the likelihood of leaving the islands and everything. [And still not being totally sure what kind of position that will leave any of them in.] But I guess I didn't think it through all the way.
It's just kinda vague. I mean, I only remembered that this was a whole thing 'cause you brought it up.
[Imagine getting that note and wondering what the hell happened to prompt it. Imagine having no fucking idea that someone was agonizing over what to say to you for literally months.]
If you hadn't signed it, I would've assumed it was...like, a threat or something.
Yeah, now that you say that... damn. That would've looked bad. [Whoops.]
Might need more practice at the apology thing - shouldn't've assumed it'd be obvious. [Even though it's still hard to imagine that it wasn't.
Well, just another lesson in dealing with other people, he guesses, even if he's not sure how to tell moving forward when to assume someone isn't still bothered by a conflict or when they are. He'll keep working on it.]
You know you don't have to personally apologize to every single person you've ever said the slightly wrong thing to. Right?
[Sure, Tim apologizes more than he should, but less than he used to. Chara trained him out of that instinct. Taught him a thing or two about the inherent pointlessness of apologies that don't mean a damn thing if you don't do something to fix it.]
[There's probably a middle ground here, but hell if he knows what it is.]
Oh, I usually don't. That's why I need practice. [Just a brief flash of a smile, as if that were a joke - which, to be fair, it is about the closest Ginko generally gets.
Which is to say, it's pretty true, but he also knows it doesn't sound great.]
But, to be clear, it's... not like I intend to start tracking down everyone I've ever pissed off now, either. [That would take a long time, even if it were feasible.]
Yeah, please don't do that. Like, I guess I'm glad I know that this was a thing? [So he could, you know, apologize? He'd feel kinda shit for that if he hadn't. And Ginko'd have that hanging over his head...what? Forever?]
Yeah, well... thanks for listening. I'm just sorry I sat on it for so long.
[He still doesn't know, really, how things would have gone if he had approached Tim sooner, and what point might have been too soon. But, uh. Having somebody approach you about an incident that was so long ago that you forgot can't be a great experience.]
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[He unrolls the letter, holding out the ink-stained and paw-printed fabric for Tim to see, and takes a moment to frown at the sorry state of it.] ...Probably for the best that I didn't end up just leaving it here. Hard to make something presentable while a tigerlily is trying to play with it.
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[Damn. Guess he really, uh, did feel bad about it. Like, really bad. He's not even sure what some of that means. "Get what you want out of this." That'd just raise more questions.]
Yeah, 'cause I would've come up to you asking what the hell any of it meant.
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Ha, yeah, uh... it's not very clear, is it. [Now that he thinks about it and doesn't have an oversized cat trying to steal the fabric from him. Shit. Now that embarrassment is definitely showing on his face a little. He goes to roll the letter back up again.]
Sorry, now that I think about it this is probably coming off as... way too much. Figured I should say something, with the likelihood of leaving the islands and everything. [And still not being totally sure what kind of position that will leave any of them in.] But I guess I didn't think it through all the way.
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[Imagine getting that note and wondering what the hell happened to prompt it. Imagine having no fucking idea that someone was agonizing over what to say to you for literally months.]
If you hadn't signed it, I would've assumed it was...like, a threat or something.
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Might need more practice at the apology thing - shouldn't've assumed it'd be obvious. [Even though it's still hard to imagine that it wasn't.
Well, just another lesson in dealing with other people, he guesses, even if he's not sure how to tell moving forward when to assume someone isn't still bothered by a conflict or when they are. He'll keep working on it.]
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[Sure, Tim apologizes more than he should, but less than he used to. Chara trained him out of that instinct. Taught him a thing or two about the inherent pointlessness of apologies that don't mean a damn thing if you don't do something to fix it.]
[There's probably a middle ground here, but hell if he knows what it is.]
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Which is to say, it's pretty true, but he also knows it doesn't sound great.]
But, to be clear, it's... not like I intend to start tracking down everyone I've ever pissed off now, either. [That would take a long time, even if it were feasible.]
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[Jesus.]
Thanks for...letting me know, I guess.
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[He still doesn't know, really, how things would have gone if he had approached Tim sooner, and what point might have been too soon. But, uh. Having somebody approach you about an incident that was so long ago that you forgot can't be a great experience.]