[ Eddie gets it. He may not have four centuries of time on his side, but he knows what it’s like to grow up without much of anything. Pretty much everything he ever owned up until he started dealing back home was secondhand, and he learned quickly not to expect much of anything outside the necessities. At least that way, he could be pleasantly surprised if anything ever changed.
And Jinu is right. He could make a good bit of extra change if he pawned off that guitar, but he can tell that this is the better option by far. He knows it’s going to someone who wants it and will play it and appreciate it, and that’s important to him. ]
Yeah, maybe. But I didn’t pay a cent for it to begin with, so…
[ He crosses his arms and leans back against the wall with a grin, making no move to take the instrument back. ]
Seriously, man, I’m losing nothing by giving it to you. Sure you can’t be convinced?
[Holding the guitar he glances between Eddie's shit-eating grin and the instrument in his hands. It's exactly what he's wanted — and something he had been anticipating working towards for a while. Suddenly it's just here, and he wants nothing more than to rush it to Rumi and show off their newest little treasure like a greedy crow.]
Well... My girlfriend is pretty good at playing guitar. It would be nice to hear her using this.
[Finding reasons outside of himself to accept a gift isn't orthodox, but it's at least doing the job. Maybe it just takes imagining a pretty girl playing it in his vicinity to convince him.]
[ Eddie just nods as Jinu speaks, looking amused as he tries to justify accepting the gift. He totally gets it, it is quite the extravagant gift to be sprung on someone on a random winter day—let alone someone he doesn’t know that well, but they’ve talked about music, Jinu had expressed interest in his own guitar, and Eddie saw the opportunity to grant that wish for him. If Jinu needs to use his girlfriend to accept, so be it. ]
Oh, yeah, and we wouldn’t want to deny her the opportunity, right?
[Truly, the mental image of Rumi looking disappointed at the prospect of a guitar only to have it taken away... yeah, he can find it in his heart to keep the guitar. He carefully moves to rehouse the instrument in the guitar case.]
Absolutely not.
And I'm sure she misses having any instrument at her disposal.
[Rich people, man. But now he's stuck with trying to figure out how to thank Eddie properly — without being overly sappy, which he's kind of feeling. Old habits and eastern culture hit him like a freight truck and he bows deeply at the waist, holding the guitar upright next to him.]
... Thank you. I owe you one, really.
[Light-up guitar picks aren't really comparable, but hey! He'll be getting him something in return!]
[ Eddie may have no real familiarity with eastern culture beyond some wildly inaccurate films, but he doesn’t balk or laugh. He merely grins and bows right back to him, deeper and more dramatic, and clear that it’s not mocking. It’s just Eddie being Eddie. ]
Nah, man, don’t mention it, man. You got me the Metallica tape—which is seeing tons of play, for the record. Call it even, ‘kay?
[ Though light up guitar picks are pretty rad an he will be seen using them soon enough! ]
But if you or your girlfriend wanna learn some Metallica on that thing? I would love to hear it. I'm especially partial to Fade to Black.
We definitely will, in that case. I think it's the least I could do for something like this.
[Actually-]
Actually, I got my bipa back recently... I've had to replace all of the silk strings, which is unfortunate, but it still sings just as pretty as the day it was passed down to me. You got this 'Fade to Black' on cassette?
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And Jinu is right. He could make a good bit of extra change if he pawned off that guitar, but he can tell that this is the better option by far. He knows it’s going to someone who wants it and will play it and appreciate it, and that’s important to him. ]
Yeah, maybe. But I didn’t pay a cent for it to begin with, so…
[ He crosses his arms and leans back against the wall with a grin, making no move to take the instrument back. ]
Seriously, man, I’m losing nothing by giving it to you. Sure you can’t be convinced?
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Well... My girlfriend is pretty good at playing guitar. It would be nice to hear her using this.
[Finding reasons outside of himself to accept a gift isn't orthodox, but it's at least doing the job. Maybe it just takes imagining a pretty girl playing it in his vicinity to convince him.]
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Oh, yeah, and we wouldn’t want to deny her the opportunity, right?
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Absolutely not.
And I'm sure she misses having any instrument at her disposal.
[Rich people, man. But now he's stuck with trying to figure out how to thank Eddie properly — without being overly sappy, which he's kind of feeling. Old habits and eastern culture hit him like a freight truck and he bows deeply at the waist, holding the guitar upright next to him.]
... Thank you. I owe you one, really.
[Light-up guitar picks aren't really comparable, but hey! He'll be getting him something in return!]
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Nah, man, don’t mention it, man. You got me the Metallica tape—which is seeing tons of play, for the record. Call it even, ‘kay?
[ Though light up guitar picks are pretty rad an he will be seen using them soon enough! ]
But if you or your girlfriend wanna learn some Metallica on that thing? I would love to hear it. I'm especially partial to Fade to Black.
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We definitely will, in that case. I think it's the least I could do for something like this.
[Actually-]
Actually, I got my bipa back recently... I've had to replace all of the silk strings, which is unfortunate, but it still sings just as pretty as the day it was passed down to me. You got this 'Fade to Black' on cassette?