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“Yes, actually, but you’re the only one that started out threatening to kidnap, rape, torture, and kill ory to put you in for dating” I’d ended by letting my confusion turn into sarcasm

Olaf either didn’t get it or ignored it He kneell enough to know that I made smart-ass remarks when I was nervous or just because I could “I can see where it would be confusing You are also in a different category for sa wo to learn the rules of ordinary dating You tell ”

“You are, Olaf I mean, you really are You’ve surprised the hell out of me with the amount of effort”

“Thank you for noticing”

“But if I say, ‘Yes, touch ,’ just because you want to touch me, but not because I want you to touch me, then is it really c

onsent, or a you do that, is it really consent, or is it coercion?”

“That is so convoluted that I don’t knohat to say to you”

“Yeah, welcome to the inside of Anita’s head,” Nicky said

“Are all woht processes?”

“More I’ic,” I said

“I ht they did not think deeply, but perhaps it is that you all think so differently from men that it seems to be shallow but is actually quite deep in a way that makes absolutely no sense”

I thought about that for a second or two and then said, “Thanks I think”

“You are welcome”

The tinny voice on my phone said, “Your destination is ahead on the left”

Thank God, ere here Maybe doing our actual jobs would distract Olaf fro for his version of touchy-feely It was better than hi to killanyone always confusedto date Godzilla and not expecting to get crushed right along with Tokyo