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*Don't limit yourself, live your best life! Or unlife. As it be. The difference is mostly the breathing, you know? You don't have to smell really gross stuff as much anymore because you don't need to breathe in unless you talk. But then again some people can achieve a better sense of scent and then talking in smelly areas becomes really unpleasant and now if you don't think that's a problem then I don't know what your priorities are.

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[maximumcake]

"You mean, choose people I can trust with my body and life," Max says, filling in the blanks. Because, well, that's the truth isn't it? Letting a vampire at his neck is a risk to his own life. He's given that lecture to others before. So... he should be more careful to heed it himself.

"I already gave Lord Akeldama one of my cards, by the way. He was very understanding." So, in this case, the vampire does have Max's trust.

"You said there are two things? What's the second?"

[talkative]

"Exactly that. And: Well done."

There's a short moment where Jackie reaches out and ruffles Max's hair - not in a disorderly, just in an affectionate way - that gives them time to think about the phrasing on the next part.

"It's about boundaries. Yes, they're in the consensual bit, but they feature here too. A sane approach to boundaries means that you know and articulate your own, and that you can make judgement calls on the boundaries of the other person." And some of that will be harder for Max while other parts will be easier.

[maximumcake]

"Thank you." He preens as they ruffle his hair, happy to have that rewarding affection.

"Mm." Max takes a moment to soak that in. There's where things can get tricky for him, as Jackie has seen in the past.

"I guess that's where these cards come in pretty handy. Because it gives me a chance to lay my boundaries out. And I'm always really careful, too, to ask about my partner's at the same time. I mean, sometimes I'm almost a little too cautious but I'd rather potentially spoil the mood than accidentally step over any lines."

[talkative]

An approving nod, and more hair ruffling. "Exactly. Sanity in your case means to lay out everything related to consent ahead of time.

And there's really no being too cautious. If it spoils the mood ahead of time, imagine what it might spoil later after it happened in the heat of the moment."

[maximumcake]

"Mm. Yeah. That's a good point. I've, uh, run into that issue once already." He's thinking of that situation with Milla. That whole thing was... a disaster. If he'd had these talks before then, maybe it might have gone differently? Well, either way, he never wants to let it happen again.

"I'm so grateful you can pass all of this information on to me, but where did you learn all of this? Did you have someone teach you too?"