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[ Say something. Say something! Fuck. ] [ Blinks, offers up a wan smile. ]
I'm fine. Just — tired.
[ Beat. ]
Think I left something back in the game tower. [ Beat. His gaze flicks up to the hotel, the general direction of ZRAEL's dorm. ] They've got this, right? For the night at least.
[ A sharp blink. ...Stupid perceptiveness. That was supposed to be a joke. ] [ Lupine turns, starting to lead Venti away from the hotel. ]
...I don't even know why I'm surprised, really. I mean, I was working up to — saying something. [ Heh. ] So of course, right? I'm sure this is great TV.
I think you're spared the guilt, in this case, of still wanting to see him again. You both come from the same world, after all, and it awaits you after this is all over if that's where you choose to go.
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I'm fine. Just — tired.
[ Beat. ]
Think I left something back in the game tower. [ Beat. His gaze flicks up to the hotel, the general direction of ZRAEL's dorm. ] They've got this, right? For the night at least.
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Between Lumine and Caeli, everything will be fine.
[ That, at least, he's sure of. ]
C'mon, it's my turn to offer a ride.
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What?
[ a ride? where, ]
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Or-- [ a meaningful glance ] wherever.
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...I don't know where I'm going. Just — somewhere not here.
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That I can do.
[ Gesturing for Lupine to loop an arm over his shoulders. ]
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Why?
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1/2
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[ This has most of the cadence of a joke. Like, he tried. Gold star. ]
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And you can decide if you feel like telling me what's happened or not.
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What, you haven't had enough of putting me back together yet tonight?
[ It — sounds nice. But he has to give Venti one more out, at least. ]
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...I don't even know why I'm surprised, really. I mean, I was working up to — saying something. [ Heh. ] So of course, right? I'm sure this is great TV.
1/2
"Working up to saying something" . . . ]
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Your friend . . . ?
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Off the roster.
The hope is that he wound up on a 'show' that sucks less than this one, right?
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Yes, at least . . . That's almost always the case.
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[ Beat. ]
I guess we probably don't graduate from the other programs, so. There's always that.
[ Anyway today is the worst. Today is the worst. He would kind of like to be drunk. ]
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—Yeah. I guess.
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You "guess"?
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I don't know. Even if you trust this system, [ and oh boy does he ever not, ] I'm not so sure riding off into the sunset is really my style.
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[ Everyone's made it sound like — graduation is something you can put off for a little while, but not something you can opt out of altogether. ]
Don't love the idea of going back to any sort of peaceful world while this place is still up and running, though.
[ Which is definitely as close as he will get to saying he plans to take the fugitive option while on 'camera'. ]
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