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[numanstan]

... I'm alive.

[He sounds very surprised by this.]

... Not even injured.

[He sounds even more surprised by this.]

... But England... Heh. Hehhehheh.

[He starts laughing hysterically, more emphasis on the hysterical than the laughter.]

I invented bloody cold fusion! Ha!

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[perfektsymmetry]

V-vince...

[numanstan]

... Yeah? I'm gonna guess and say y'didn't have the same amazin', stupid luck as me.

[perfektsymmetry]

[There's a pause.]

...guess not... but I'm not as bad off as some, I-I still have all my limbs...

[numanstan]

Always good, havin' limbs. They're well useful.

... What happened?

[generose]

I-It's good to know that you-you're okay...

[numanstan]

You don't sound okay, though... What'd they do?

[generose]

Ju-just came in the middle of the night... they just killed her.

Something about "re-education" because of my po-poor performance. After that, things are pretty blank... I just, woke up-snapped out of it not to long ago. Heh, I'm pre-pretty sure my arm is broken.

[numanstan]

... Yeah, they do that a lot. M'sorry.

Broken? [a sharp intake of breath] Christ, you're just kids... You've got to get to a doctor-- I don't know what sorta supplies they've got in this place, but anythin's better than just leavin' it alone.

[crazyclownwoman]

....Vince?

[numanstan]

... Please don't tell me they hurt y'too, Harley. I don't think I can take much more of this.

[crazyclownwoman]

I'm fine. They didn't do anything to me.

Are you alright?

[numanstan]

I'm alright as y'can be, watchin' everybody y'care for get hurt or killed.

... What makes us so special, that we don't get hurt? It couldn't be 'cause we did our jobs, 'cause I'm pretty damn sure tying ice cubes together isn't fuckin' cold fusion.

[Yeah, he's just seven different kinds of furious right now.]

[coolbowtie]

...You're alright?

[numanstan]

Sorta. Physically, anyway.

How're y'doin'?

[coolbowtie]

I'm fine.

[numanstan]

Y'sure? What job'd they give you?

[supersizedpower]

...

[He's not really sure what to make of this; you seemed like a good guy, Vince, but he doesn't get why you're laughing.]

[numanstan]

[Because he's snapped like so many Twiglets.]

[supersizedpower]

Vince, what're you doing?

How'd you do cold fusion without help?

[numanstan]

I tied two ice cubes together.

With bloody string.

Tadaa, cold fusion!

[He laughs again, his voice cracking slightly.]

Why am I still alive?