There was a hole in time. We opened it by mistake and got trapped. It took... a while to gain awareness of the timeloop, and to figure out its terms. To accept them.
[ okay that's a lot for his ye olde ass but in the context of the memory, it kind of makes sense. and there are a lot of questions, but the most pressing comes forth first - ]
Well. Functionally, who knows. I didn't remember the loops for a long time. Actually remembering iterations was an incremental thing. Something that came on near the end of an infinite path.
You don't have to apologise. [ a little softer. ] There are people here who want to hear your story, and there's no need to rush through it for - well, for lack of time. Tell me all you want or as little as you want. Just have to have the context before we can begin to understand.
Long, long, long story short... Eternity in a timeloop. And a final attempt at escape before realizing it was never going to work. And then... death, Hell, and so on.
[ he lifts his hand - and reaches out, then ruffles her hair like an annoying big brother. annoying ]
Good. [ and it's genuine. ]
All that you've said - of cycles, of eternity, time loops. If there was a ever a time that things are different, it's right now, isn't it? So you may as well keep taking the chance to act different, too.
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...How long?
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[ UM? ] It took you eternity to figure it out?
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[ incoherent, thank you. ]
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Explain like I'm an idiot.
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[ ... ]
Sorry, I've—I don't usually have to explain this sort of thing. The details don't really matter much.
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You don't have to apologise. [ a little softer. ] There are people here who want to hear your story, and there's no need to rush through it for - well, for lack of time. Tell me all you want or as little as you want. Just have to have the context before we can begin to understand.
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Long, long, long story short... Eternity in a timeloop. And a final attempt at escape before realizing it was never going to work. And then... death, Hell, and so on.
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[ yeesh. softer, sort of...awe-horrified: ]
Bloody hell, Alex. [ YEESH!!! ] Talk about bad luck.
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[ a cycle, you could say!!!! ]
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hmmm. thoughtful: ] Do you think you're still doing it, now?
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though she might get the sense he's just giving her a bit of shit ]
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I'm being good.
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Good. [ and it's genuine. ]
All that you've said - of cycles, of eternity, time loops. If there was a ever a time that things are different, it's right now, isn't it? So you may as well keep taking the chance to act different, too.
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... Is this different? Everyone here has been through this before.
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anyway he looks thoughtful about this... it's not the first time they've talked about it, so ]
Conditions are different. People are different. Maybe the core idea's the same, but it's not, either.
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anyway ] Do you actually believe that to be true? Or do you just not want to believe that it could be different?
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[ that makes sense too, though - could not be him. ]
... Nothing ever changes if we don't make it change. You've got the chance not to be a passive observer, here. Yeah?
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