[Espy]

-raises eyebrow- You could've just /asked/, you know.

[Alpha]

Well....what would be the fun in that? *grins slyly*

[Espy]

Saving your cranium from being bashed in by a...a...

...where /is/ my gun...

...a...-glances around-...saxophone?

[Alpha]

Uh huh....a saxophone sounds sooooo threatening. *taps sword lightly* I think I could fare well enough against your mighty brass instrument...*laughs and pulls Espy in with a brotherly embrace with one arm*

[Espy]

Mrrnph?! -squirms-

...I never fare too well in hugs. Mostly because I'm half the other person's size...

[Alpha]

Well....not quite a hug, but more shoulder to shoulder. And yes....well, I would imagine it would be a bit awkward....but my step-mother was much the same so I'm used to it some.

[Espy]

Most of the time, hugs = Espy gets buried.

Especially if a certain friend of yours is prone to giving out bearhugs, is over a foot taller than you, is maybe three times wider, and has a beard as long as your forearm.

[Alpha]

O_O

Well then....I understand the aversion better now. I promise not to do that though.

[Espy]

...Probably longer than my forearm. He's also a good deal older than msot college students.

Well, I tend to faceplant into people's shoulders/arms when I'm having a bad day.

[Alpha]

Ah....well, it's probably longer than mine as well (given that most of what muscle I have is concentrated in my bicep and tricep area).

Aww....well, hopefully those days are few and far between.

[Espy]

Hopefully they're /fewer/, come next semester...though that doesn't seem to be the case, given the courses I'm taking.

[Alpha]

*tilts head* Oh? Mind if I ask what courses those are/will be? With that attitude though....well, just hope for the best and work towards it!

[Espy]

Diff Eq again over the summer, and for the fall semester, Physics 2 and Thermo (or was it Statics?) and something else that I can't remember right now because I'm too tired.

[Alpha]

Ah...well then....that will be quite the course load. I wish you the best of luck with that. I forget how rigorous/difficult Mech E's curriculum can be.

[Espy]

Especially soph year. Soph and junior year are the hardest academically, but hopefully will be less stressful emotionally than freshman year. Anyhow, sleep is a thing -- night!

[Alpha]

Hmm...I would imagine so. I do hope they are though, especially given the crap you went through this past year.

And yes...sleep is a thing....which I need to be going to soon as well....night!