[The advantage to being blind, she supposes, is that one will only see what one has already seen. The downside being, what one has never seen before, one can now gauge with depressing accuracy. And in the darkness, she imagines the dimming of the lamp, until the sound something sharply breaking echoes in the silence of his reverie. She dials.]
... It... sounds like something out of a fairytale.
[... Shell shocked, here. She thought she knew a good deal about this, until now, anyway. What the hell- Gilbert was keeping this very vital piece of information from her? She's going to fry him-]
... A time warp. Nexus. Whatever. And then your chain pulled you out, right? Straight into the future-
[A pause. And then, her hand's over her eyes again. Stupid habit. It's making her mindset all too apparent.]
... That's... one way to put it. Not being very comfortable. So you're... That must have affected your family and friends then, you know, not seeing you for ten years, and then having your... your ten-year-old self just appearing out of nowhere like that.
... So which is why... Why your brother is so damn worried about you, and your sister's older than you, and... And you've been hiding all of this from...
[ Oz tilts his head, knowing it's hard to wrap one's mind around, but the fact that he's actually telling her this means something. A good deal. Because she's only the second person to hear this from him. ]
[The dreamberry is suddenly shaking. To prevent the abuse-ment of any more technology due to her anger issues, she's putting it down. Doesn't make too much of a difference, seeing as she can't see anyhow, but hey, at least she's not shouting directly into your ear anymore.]
No... No big deal?
But... What the hell! It's not just something you can just pass off like that, okay? That must have hurt a hell lot of people! And... and you- It's probably affected you too, hasn't it? How can you still smile like that? That's just...
[ Welcome to Oz's world, Rita. Repeat that to yourself a few times, in addition to that dream, and once you discover his dad hates him, you will understand why Oz is so warped. ]
If we dwell on the past, we can't move to the future, right? I know people were worried, but what can I do? ...I can't change the past.
[... It makes me sad that Rita will never meet Zai. Because, what the hell, Self? :/]
Like hell that's how it works, you idiot! Isn't that just an excuse?! There's a million things you can do! You can laugh! You can cry! You can... can be honest with them and tell them the hell's going on so they don't have to... have to guess every five seconds whether your damn smile's real or not!
... And that's... I don't even think... Think that they're asking you to change the past, dammit.
...We've had this conversation before. [ Because he doesn't want her to waste her breath on him. He knows he needs to stop his habits but...that doesn't make it any easier ]
[I'm a fuckin' genius. :/b We deflate a little at those words, letting that anger dissipate in a rush of breath. A pause, then-]
... Yeah, I'm wasting my breath, aren't I? I'll bet... I'll bet plenty of people have screamed the same thing at you before, probably in all sorts of new and exciting ways. But is any of that... actually sinking in? A little?
... It... sounds like something out of a fairytale.
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... What?
... But that guy. He's like, what, twenty?
...How old are you?
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...I was trapped in the abyss ten years.
I should be twenty-five but ... I'm not.
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... Ten-
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... But how's that... You-
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It only felt like a day. But when I was saved, and I came back, everything was different.
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... A time warp. Nexus. Whatever. And then your chain pulled you out, right? Straight into the future-
[A pause. And then, her hand's over her eyes again. Stupid habit. It's making her mindset all too apparent.]
... The hell.
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I owe my life to Alice for saving me. If she hadn't, well...Heh, I would probably still be there, you know? It's not very comfortable!
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... That's... one way to put it. Not being very comfortable. So you're... That must have affected your family and friends then, you know, not seeing you for ten years, and then having your... your ten-year-old self just appearing out of nowhere like that.
... So which is why... Why your brother is so damn worried about you, and your sister's older than you, and... And you've been hiding all of this from...
What the hell.
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[ Oz tilts his head, knowing it's hard to wrap one's mind around, but the fact that he's actually telling her this means something. A good deal. Because she's only the second person to hear this from him. ]
It's no big deal. I'm back, aren't I~?
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No... No big deal?
But... What the hell! It's not just something you can just pass off like that, okay? That must have hurt a hell lot of people! And... and you- It's probably affected you too, hasn't it? How can you still smile like that? That's just...
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If we dwell on the past, we can't move to the future, right? I know people were worried, but what can I do? ...I can't change the past.
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Like hell that's how it works, you idiot! Isn't that just an excuse?! There's a million things you can do! You can laugh! You can cry! You can... can be honest with them and tell them the hell's going on so they don't have to... have to guess every five seconds whether your damn smile's real or not!
... And that's... I don't even think... Think that they're asking you to change the past, dammit.
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...We've had this conversation before. [ Because he doesn't want her to waste her breath on him. He knows he needs to stop his habits but...that doesn't make it any easier ]
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... Yeah, I'm wasting my breath, aren't I? I'll bet... I'll bet plenty of people have screamed the same thing at you before, probably in all sorts of new and exciting ways. But is any of that... actually sinking in? A little?
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Of course it is! I... [ winces and looks away, subconsciously glad Rita can't see his reactions, and now he's laughing almost emptily. ]
Rita.
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