[The fondness coming from Sanji manages to get the rest of the tension to drain from Baren's person entirely. He actually laughs at Sanji's remark, taking the smile from the other as an invitation to completely relax whether that's what it is or not. Even if it's not quite forgiveness, Sanji's smiling again - and even if it's not for him, Baren will take that as a victory.]
Oh fuck off, you'd know if I was really being mean on purpose.
[Easily, because he really didn't have a hint of malice toward Sanji at the time. Just a bad joke that sounded funnier to him at the time. An attack would be different. It'd be something more direct, more intensely personal - and he'd rather it never have to come to that.
This sort of thing is easier.]
Hah, first in a line of two - maybe three if my sister can make it.
Mimi hasn't met Z or anyone else I know yet, so far as I know.... so keep up the good impression, alright?
[It's one of the few times where Baren has to deal with the most important thing in his world - the scraps of family that he still holds dear - to actually interact with the other people in his life.]
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Oh fuck off, you'd know if I was really being mean on purpose.
[Easily, because he really didn't have a hint of malice toward Sanji at the time. Just a bad joke that sounded funnier to him at the time. An attack would be different. It'd be something more direct, more intensely personal - and he'd rather it never have to come to that.
This sort of thing is easier.]
Hah, first in a line of two - maybe three if my sister can make it.
Mimi hasn't met Z or anyone else I know yet, so far as I know.... so keep up the good impression, alright?
[It's one of the few times where Baren has to deal with the most important thing in his world - the scraps of family that he still holds dear - to actually interact with the other people in his life.]