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[incorrigibles]

just like all of this is a simulation and not technically real? nah, i don't buy that. it all still happened, you remember it all — that's real enough to me.

and i didn't mean it like that. i've got plenty of information about the afterlife, actually

just... well. can't imagine it's easy for you, if those simulations are what you're used to, to be stuck here, can it?

[cactusy]

I'm really sick of computers.

[Which is to say, no, it's no cakewalk.]

[incorrigibles]

yeah. i can imagine. like getting out of one hell only to end up in a different one.

anything i can do for you that'd help? you or root, really. i know i haven't known you as long as i have her, but... you're important to me, too.

[cactusy]

why, are you that much of a sap?

[It's not really meant to be read with hostility, but, well... tone is hard through text. Sorry, Charles.]

[incorrigibles]

[ fortunately, what he answers with is this: ]

yeah, actually

hope you don't mind that, cause you're stuck with me now

me AND all the sap

[cactusy]

depends on how liberally you apply it

and how much you expect in return

[incorrigibles]

i can scale it up or down, don't worry

and my best mate's from the 1910s

took me near twenty years to get him used to hugs

so you're good

[cactusy]

what, people didn't hug in the 20th century?

[incorrigibles]

hey, 20th century's a pretty long span of time

i'm also from the 20th century but let me tell you, the 80s were mighty different than the 1910s

[cactusy]

luckily I kind of remember the eighties, so I know what a hug is.

[incorrigibles]

aces

because you're getting a hug when i see you next.

don't worry, you can punch me after if it makes you feel better, i won't even feel it

[cactusy]

she tell you I'm a sociopath yet?

[incorrigibles]

not in those exact words, but sort of

is it supposed to matter?

[cactusy]

you tell me, I just make a point of being up front about it

[incorrigibles]

that's real good of you to do that, honesty's a great thing, yeah?

but for what it's worth, doesn't matter to me one bit. you are who you are.

[cactusy]

everybody says that until they decide they desperately need something you can't give

but thanks

[incorrigibles]

yeah, i know. real easy to say things, but what matters is actually proving it in actions

so i'm just gonna prove it to you. you're pretty aces, shaw, honest

[cactusy]

thanks I guess

I barely know you but you seem ok too

your apartment is sweet

[incorrigibles]

that just means i gotta bother you more so you get to know me more, don't it

ha, thanks. though i'm pretty sure it's you guys' apartment now

i live elsewhere and stuff anyway

[cactusy]

you have a boyfriend or something, right?

[incorrigibles]

yeah, junpei. we live together, so

no need for the apartment, really

[cactusy]

are you guys from the same place?

[incorrigibles]

no. no, we met here

i mean, we're both from an earth, but whether it's the same one...

[cactusy]

is that weird? what happens if we figure out a way to get out of the simulation?

[incorrigibles]

we thought of that, yeah. and i've got some ideas, but... even if this is all the time we have, well. it'll have been worth it. I'm just gonna love him as well as i can for however long we've got

i mean, how's it any different, in the end, from being with someone in your own world? you still might have days, or weeks, or years together. knowing that we might be on borrowed time here doesn't make it any less real

doesn't make me love him any less, either