Guess I sort of thought this might be the case. We kept seeing glitching everywhere, and dying didn't mean anything, it just put you in the machine.
[ ... ]
But yeah, you're right. I guess we're just waiting on tomorrow to see if we break out for real. [ rubs at her face. ] Not that I even know where this is.
[ 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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Apparently. [ as he steps back from the door, glancing back at vi when he does. ]
... Well. You're real. I'm damn sure I'm real. Suppose that's a start.
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But yeah, you're right. I guess we're just waiting on tomorrow to see if we break out for real. [ rubs at her face. ] Not that I even know where this is.
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[ THIS IS LIKE A NEW LANGUAGE he rubs hand over his face and drags it down, and then sighs. ]
... Tomorrow, yeah. I've a feeling even after all that, I'm not going to sleep a wink.
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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.