002 [Video]

[aka_heisenberg]

Time doesn’t move for the ones we leave behind, does it? I keep thinking about Christmas. I can see my family sitting under the tree and opening gifts, but no one’s smiling. They’re just trying so hard to be happy, but they aren’t, because they think I’m dead. They don’t know I’m here, alive and well.

[He closes his eyes and takes in a deep, as if

Comments

[wardennolonger]

[A father who cares. Well, that's kind of beautiful, in a way]

It must be hard, but simply sitting here worrying about them won't do anything for them. I'm sure that those you care about would not want you suffering yourself like this.

[aka_heisenberg]

I guess...easier said then done. I don't know if you have kids, but if you do then you know it's not a switch you can turn on and off. My one son is older, a teenager now, but my daughters a newborn.

[wardennolonger]

I do not have children of my own, and I am truly sorry for your suffering. I wish that there was something I could do for you.

[aka_heisenberg]

Nothing anything you can do, but your sympathy is welcome. It's good to know everyone here isn't a rough and tough type.

I'm Walter by the way.

[officerrenaldi]

I was assured that time would stop.

[Carla is in the infirmary with a pretty good shiner over one eye]

[aka_heisenberg]

That's good to hear.

Do you have family back home? [He's gracefully not going to mention the eye. He's has his share of black eyes and had to come up for lies about how he got them. He has a feeling she won't tell the truth either.]

[officerrenaldi]

Three brothers, a mom, and my dad just retired so. [she shrugs]

[aka_heisenberg]

Retired? Lucky. What did he do?

[warrenwhite]

Some people think that time doesn't pass at home while we're here.

[aka_heisenberg]

No proof? Just a theory?

[warrenwhite]

I haven't seen any proof myself.

[aka_heisenberg]

No one seems too. It's all theory.

[terminatefate]

I have a son out there from my timeline. He's eleven. [She pauses, lighting up a cigarette] From what I gather, shit stops, time, the fucking world, everything.

And while you might not have your family, you have other people if you want to reach out. Shit spending the holidays away from the familiar, but...sometimes that's good for you.

[aka_heisenberg]

[He does his best not to scoff at the 'good for you' bit, but he doesn't comment on it.]

Don't have much time to make good enough time to spend Christmas with. Well, besides Jesse. He's sort of got a support system here, so I'm sure I wouldn't be eating alone that night. Kid wouldn't allow it.

[terminatefate]

Good thing about this ship is that you aren't alone. No matter what home life is or isn't. Jesse's a good kid. Brought Thanksgiving to me, so... [She blows smoke. That had been awkward in so many ways once the conversation devolved.]

Made pie, even.

So, yeah, you wouldn't be eating alone.

[aka_heisenberg]

Jessie cooked for you and baked a pie? [He thinks back to the pain in the ass student and the dense cooking partner he'd known not so long ago. They didn't seem like the same person.]

You must be close. Which member of his surrogate family are you?

[doctor_j_crane]

The quicker you graduate, the quicker you can remedy that situation.

[aka_heisenberg]

Got any tips on how to make that happen?

[doctor_j_crane]

Considering that I'm still an inmate, I can't recommend any magic bullets. Working with your warden seems to be the way, but their criteria can often be rather arbitrary.

[aka_heisenberg]

Then I've hit a wall. I haven't gotten a warden yet, so I'm stuck even more than most.