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[simon_doctor]

The last textwave he got from Jordie said I'm going off-grid for a few weeks.

It's been close to a month, and Simon's looking through his inbound messages and wondering if he should write.

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[leftistbeanpole]

The subject line reads when someone dies, you think about the past.

I forgot to mention, I think, how relieved I was to hear that you hadn't actually turned into a pod person.

[simon_doctor]

It takes him a moment to remember.

(The memory hurts.)

I'm glad to hear it.

And I know you understand why I did it, but I'm still sorry.

[leftistbeanpole]

All I could think about for the longest time was for what ungodly reason you might have reverted to what I thought you were.

I'd like to say there were other ways you could have done it. I don't believe there were.

I spent that night on Liz's couch. She got me appropriately drunk and only had her way with me a little.

[simon_doctor]

Was that ... I'm not sure how to ask this. Were you already seeing each other at that point, or was that later?