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[waspsinmybrain]

I think, umm, I think Paul's gone home. He hasn't come back to the apartment in a few days and that's how this works, right? One minute you're here, the next you're back where you belong.

[She takes a shaky breath.]

So it's good, that he got to go. He's finally back on his home planet with his people. Yeah... it's good.

[There's a sniffle and

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[alphaophiuchi]

Something like that, so I've heard.

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[waspsinmybrain]

[She sniffs and clears her throat.]

Must happen when they're alone. Never heard of anybody disappearing before anyone's eyes.

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[alphaophiuchi]

I imagine it'd be a tad terrifying, if not entirely so.

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[waspsinmybrain]

Yeah.

Unless they're used to that sort of thing, where they're from.

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[alphaophiuchi]

You've met someone who was used to that?

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[waspsinmybrain]

Mmmm...

[She wracks her brain.]

No, I don't think so. But it must be common somewhere.

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[alphaophiuchi]

Really? How do you figure that?

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[waspsinmybrain]

Endless worlds, endless possibilities, man.

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[alphaophiuchi]

How incredibly optimistic of you.

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[waspsinmybrain]

It's not so much optimistic as just logic, based on how amazingly fucking huge the universe is. It makes chances high for this sort of thing.

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[alphaophiuchi]

You clearly spend far too much time thinking all this over. As far as I'm concerned, if it isn't plausible where I'm from, it isn't plausible at all.

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[waspsinmybrain]

Not really. When you have all the collective knowledge of an alien species shot into your brain in just a few seconds, you already know all this shit. I don't need to sit and ponder it.

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[alphaophiuchi]

[a brief pause, then he clears his throat.]

Right. Lesser beings would have keeled over from the supersaturation of knowledge, I'm sure.

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[waspsinmybrain]

We all keeled over, actually. Not dead, obviously, but passed out.

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[alphaophiuchi]

Not quite the same thing. If you're just passing out, you oughtt o consider yourself lucky.

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[waspsinmybrain]

I do.