Yeah that's a hell of a conundrum. I don't envy it.
Sure, man. No problem.
[ It's probably weird that he's going to go to this dude's birthday party when they've talked exactly one time and he's never met him in person, right...? Whoops. Goes to show how good at people Derek is. ]
Ah, come on, Diego. It's a birthday party. I'm you'll be fine being the center of attention for however long this thing goes.
[ He doesn't know a lot about Diego, but he knows enough to know that the playfully sarcastic remark he's just sent will be read as sarcastic even without Derek's voice to convey that tone. They think alike at least about some things from what he can tell so far. ]
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Thanks, though.
[You know. For arriving at a mostly-stranger's family-stacked birthday party. That won't be odd or anything.]
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Sure, man. No problem.
[ It's probably weird that he's going to go to this dude's birthday party when they've talked exactly one time and he's never met him in person, right...? Whoops. Goes to show how good at people Derek is. ]
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[Only as weird as Diego offering the invite to some guy he's talked to exactly once. So clearly they are both equally good at people.]
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[ He doesn't know a lot about Diego, but he knows enough to know that the playfully sarcastic remark he's just sent will be read as sarcastic even without Derek's voice to convey that tone. They think alike at least about some things from what he can tell so far. ]
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[Sarcasm: Received and launched back.]
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