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[The video clicks on to a very confused looking Bobby.]

So, um. I'm still not entirely sure what's going on here. I'm starting to remember some things, but it's confusing.

My name might be Jinks? Or it might be Bobby. I'm not exactly sure.

[Thanks for confusing him more, Claudia.]Does anyone else here know me? Apparently I've been here for a

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[Oh, Bobby. Not you too...]

Y-You're... B...Bobby. As... a-as far as I kn-know, I... I mean...

I'm... X-Xanth.

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Bobby it is! Now I've just got to hope that Jinks isn't like, my secret identity or something that I've just blabbed to everyone. Future me will be really pissed otherwise.

[And then he smiles a bit apologetically, because he realizes he's babbling a bit.]

Hi, Xanth. I'd say nice to meet you, but I'm assuming I already met you, so, yeah. Nice to talk to you?

[...yeah he's just going to shut up.]

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[Xanth would smile in return, because he really doesn't mind the babbling, but he's... not in the mood. He hasn't slept much.]

Y-- Yeah, nice... to talk t-to you, t--too.

[And then there's a pause. Bobby sounds okay, but...]

Wh... w-what do you r--remember?

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[Aww, Xanth.]

Um. Nothing of being here, though apparently I've been here awhile. I remember bits and pieces of stuff from my own world. But so far nothing beyond when I was like, sixteen.

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[Hey, man. Everything sucks right now, for everyone. It only sucks for Bobby because he doesn't remember, but soon, it will suck because he does.]

O--Okay.

[Xanth doesn't know what else to say. He can't tell Bobby how glad he is that he's okay, because Bobby was dead. Capital D, more than a doornail, more than disco dead.

And he'll remember that, too.]

I-It... it'll... c-come back. Just-- give it t-time.

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[Yeah, Bobby's not looking forward to that. He's been told he probably died, but he's kind of just disregarding it for the moment. He doesn't have to face it until he actually starts remembering it.]

Thanks. I already remember a lot more than I did yesterday, so I guess I just have to hang in there and wait it out.

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Y-Yeah.

[Xanth's heart goes out to Bobby. He's never had the problem of amnesia, but he knows firsthand that death is no easy thing to recover from.]

I-If... if you... n-need anything, o-or, just-- I-I don't know... I-I'm here.

[He hasn't had an easy time, but no one else did, either. If Bobby needs help, Xanth will provide it, even if Bobby doesn't remember who he is. What kind of friend would he be if he left Bobby high and dry now?]

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[Bobby smiles brightly at that. From what he remembers, he's usually the one who usually says that kind of thing, not gets it said to him. Aside from like, Kitty or Pete or John when he's not pretending to be a complete ass. It's kind of awesome to think that he has friends like that here.]

Thanks, man. I really appreciate it. You must be a pretty great friend.

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[And that... well, that brings a smile to Xanth's face.]

W-Well, um. Th... thanks.

[But that's all he says. What else can he say, that's not self-deprecating or conceited?]