[ he gives her a little bit of a look, but it's light, all things considered - shared suffering in the face of technology nerds. ]
You and I both, my friend. [ which like. for a variety of reasons. there's whatever the hell happens tomorrow, with no guarantee that things are fine. there's the tournament, waiting for them back home in limbo - there's whatever will was doing while they were gone. there's the fact that glodell is here, and alive, and every second he's alive is a chance he attacks will when they return (even if today, he looked at glodell in a just slightly new light - funny, to see that he hated louis as much as they did, but even that's an unknown.)
and then...
well. ]
You given that much thought? [ a little softer. what comes next. ]
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Don't look at me, I barely get it.
[ she's not jinx or jayce or god forbid, viktor, she doesn't do the tech stuff. a beat, and then: ]
... Me either, though. [ exhales. ] I hate not knowing what's coming next.
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You and I both, my friend. [ which like. for a variety of reasons. there's whatever the hell happens tomorrow, with no guarantee that things are fine. there's the tournament, waiting for them back home in limbo - there's whatever will was doing while they were gone. there's the fact that glodell is here, and alive, and every second he's alive is a chance he attacks will when they return (even if today, he looked at glodell in a just slightly new light - funny, to see that he hated louis as much as they did, but even that's an unknown.)
and then...
well. ]
You given that much thought? [ a little softer. what comes next. ]
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I don't know if I can.
[ it's not a no. it's really, really not a no, just. ]
There's a problem I should fix, back home. It's my responsibility, I created it.
[ and then, finally, quietly: ]
I don't know if it'll make a difference if I do.