pc catchall for junpei (crashout)

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IM PUTTING THE TIMON GIF IN HERE LATER YOU CANT BEAT ME

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[After a few moments, she takes his hand, walking back towards the bed.]

...He said I won't be able to see from it without surgery.

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[There's a low breath and he just...pulls her along to the bed. This time there's zero intention of anything intimate but he's sitting down and pulling her next to him, keeping close and not entirely letting go yet.

The gravity of the situation is a little too real.]

...when we get out of here, we'll get it taken care of. There has to be a hospital nearby or something.

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If any of this is even real, right?

[Normally there would be at least some humor in it, but now, as she sits down on the bed and leans against him... It's just tired.]

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Right. [Mumbled, but he settles for wrapping an arm around her waist so she can lean more comfortably.]

It's what I've been asking myself. How do we know what's real?

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[A few moments pass before she speaks again.]

Do you think we’ll really get out of here?

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Yes. [That much he's determined about, even if he doesn't know how.] But I just don't know when.

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[After a few moments:]

You have a role, don't you? I never asked, so you probably couldn't tell me before now, but...

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[...this is immediately not great, but.]

Yes. [Again, just as confident as the first answer.] Pretty sure all of us have that rule in common.

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[...]

Is that why Haymitch found out about me? Because I wouldn't be able to tell him myself?

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...Beck. [Well. Fuck. Also there's timelines and shit so I'm going to assume that he knows Haymitch told someone haha anyway.] ...Haymitch and I are working together. You remember how I told you that you have a partner we haven't found yet? A lot of the other roles have partners, too.

I shared what I knew because I thought I could trust the people I'm working with. So that we knew how to figure things out. I didn't...think he'd tell anybody else when I asked him not to.

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...We don't have to talk about it.

[She doesn't really have the energy to be angry at him right now, at least. Still, there's something flat in her voice.]

Just, one more question - were you going to tell me?

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...I was trying to find the right time. There's a reason I told you how many roles I found, and showed you the list. I tried. [He tried to figure out a way to hint that he knew more than he was saying but then he got handcuffed and they fucked instead because they're both stupid.]

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...I don't mind him or Katy knowing.

[There's a 'but' there. Still, after a few moments - she decides that's for another time.]

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...but? [Unfortunately he's pressing it.]

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I just... thought you would have told me you were going to tell him beforehand.

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...I didn't exactly have time. My role meeting changed and it came up this week. I confirmed Haymitch's role on Saturday, but I didn't tell him about anyone else's but my own.

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[She looks like she's about to say something, but:]

...Let's talk about something else. I'm - tired, I guess.

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...yeah. Me too. [Today is garbage, and so...he'll take the change in subject while also knowing he could have handled this better.]

...I've never asked. What year is it for you? Back in your version of the world.

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2018. Why...?

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[...he just kind of laughs, not fully amused.] I wanted to know how far apart we were. That's all.

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How far, then?

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About ten years.

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[Normally she'd make a joke about him being a kid, but...]

Anything cool happen since then?

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Not particularly no. [He doesn't talk about the upcoming apocalypse that could have happened.] Funny how that works.

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Which of the 20 new versions of the iPhone is the best one...?

[It's weak, but a joke all the same.]