[It's not going to occur to him for a little while yet how careful all of this wording is, how hard Steve is working to avoid saying present, but he does register that the phrasing and circumstances are sort of odd. Is it possible that Steve actually stumbled across something that is such a perfect Giornoesque combination of kitsch, cute, and entomological by accident? Technically yes, but the odds seem on the unlikely side. Not impossible, though.]
[He'll think about it later. Unless he doesn't.]
oh, she didn't give you my address too?
[zing]
if it's not too much trouble, you're welcome to come by. do you know where hill house is? a bit north of the city, still east of lake dala. in a hill.
[You know, like a normal house. Riley liked it here, awkwardness aside, so it seems like a decent enough choice — as well as being much farther from the aesthetic of his life in other-Ryslig as possible.]
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[He'll think about it later. Unless he doesn't.]
oh, she didn't give you my address too?
[zing]
if it's not too much trouble, you're welcome to come by. do you know where hill house is? a bit north of the city, still east of lake dala. in a hill.
[You know, like a normal house. Riley liked it here, awkwardness aside, so it seems like a decent enough choice — as well as being much farther from the aesthetic of his life in other-Ryslig as possible.]