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[Will never minds a little friendly teasing. He's most at ease when people are being casual with him.]

Maybe we'll have so much bad luck that it'll circle around all the way and become good luck?

I think you're being a little optimistic about how the universe works. [ And a pragmatic woman certainly can't be like that. ]

A few charms in the form a few good people on the court certainly wouldn't hurt anything.

[He chuckles at that, conceding her words with a bob of the head.]

Good people I know a few of...

So I can count on you to bring them to us when I call the Court to assembly? Or will you need a little help to counteract your poor luck in life?

[ Now that he's opened the door to good hearted teasing, she's not letting up... pretty much ever. ]

"I may need some help convincing some of them. For instance, if I tell Kate that I've finally found a place I can fit in, she'll accuse me of having been hit on the head too many times..."

Try not phrasing it like that? It sounds a little presumptuous to make such a claim when you've only just met someone, after all.

[ She's trying to help. Really. She's also terrible at it. ]

Hey, if we're going to be starting a Confederacy of Fools, I should fit right in...

Doesn't mean you have to say it in such a way to cause your friends to worry after you. That only ever leads to more trouble than it's often worth.

[ It's not the experience talking here, really. ]

You could try saying that you found a place you feel comfortable being yourself. It's a small distinction, but a very important one.

Oh, I'm perfectly comfortable being myself at the Sanctuary. I just don't fit in very well...

Fitting in and being comfortable are two very different things. You don't need one to have the other. It's more a question of if you want to have both.

"You could have a point there. Home is not the place where you fit in. It's the place where they love you anyway."

[ Finally, he gets it. ]

Love is a necessary part of any home, whether it's platonic or familial doesn't matter. So long as there's that connection, a place can be home.

When I was younger, I half-believed the concept of 'home' to be a myth. I was happy to learn better.