III. [VIDEO]

[wordsoul]

This missing people problem is getting dire, from the sounds of things.

[ Oh, let's try video. It's a big tremory mess when he first turns it on, and then he settles it down on the table, where it steadies. He's sitting in front of it on the couch, fingers laced together. Smoking, as usual

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[wordsoul]

There's a saying for that, isn't there? "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink".

Even if everything can be arranged, there's no assurance of participation in anything. Or maybe I just lack the right kind of charisma for this sort of thing.

[wordsoul]

If only it were self-pity. I'm afraid I can only be honest about it.

[wordsoul]

You might be right. It looks like washing dishes isn't his strong suit; he's surprisingly unclumsy, normally.

... But he seemed so grateful, I felt bad for having no work to give him.