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[throughbamboo]

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[doggonemad]

But ya get it now.

[throughbamboo]

Yeah, I get it, bro.

[doggonemad]

[ . . . settles in against him more. ]

Yeah. Ya sure do.

[throughbamboo]

[tangles their legs together, like that will get him even closer. He huffs softly]

Took seein' ya for the first time in 25 years to fuckin' get it.

[doggonemad]

[ god. god. ]

. . . ughhh, okay. Bro. I'm gonna spoil somethin' for ya.

[throughbamboo]

. . . n' what's that?

[doggonemad]

Our timelines are fucked up.

[throughbamboo]

. . .

Haah?

[doggonemad]

See, this is why I wanted ta wait until "Nue" meant somethin' to ya. Explainin' it is openin' a whole friggin' can of worms.

[throughbamboo]

. . . why? Are ya worried I won't believe ya?

[doggonemad]

It's confusin' an' annoyin' to explain.

[throughbamboo]

Well, explain it anyway.

[doggonemad]

Jesus. Okay.

[ strums his fingers on Ore's back as he considers how to explain it. ]

You were at point C. So like . . . yer 48, I think. But at one point, we both ended up in a place. Except I was at point A, which was six years prior to point C. An' point B — you gettin' out of jail — wouldn't be fer another 4 years.

[throughbamboo]

[thunks his head down on top of Gray's, muttering]

This sounds like a fuckin' math problem I'd teach in class.

So - 'cuz of this timeline bullshit, it was only twenty-one years for ya when ya saw me?

[doggonemad]

Mm-hmm. An' fer reasons, when I hit point B an' saw you, I had to act like it was the first time seein' ya in two an' a half decades.

[throughbamboo]

Why would ya have to do that?

[doggonemad]

I can't tell ya until I'm real damn sure yer also from after point C. I can't tell ya if "Nue" don't mean anythin' to ya. But it's a real damn good reason.

[throughbamboo]

[. . .

Leans back, just enough to look down at him]

This ain't gonna be another thing where I'm gonna wanna punch ya, is it?

[doggonemad]

[ He actually looks genuinely offended at that. ]

No an' in fact, yer gonna wanna punch yerself ten times over when the time comes fer even suggestin' that. Fuck you.

[throughbamboo]

[ah, well. He looks a little apologetic]

I'll let ya punch me that many times when I do know what you're talkin' 'bout.

My bad, bro.

[doggonemad]

[ he seems mollified at that, nodding a little. ]

Cool.

[throughbamboo]

[gives him a little squeeze]

Hope I don't keep ya waitin' long.

[doggonemad]

I'll deal. S'fine already.

[throughbamboo]

[a little lighter]

Just fine?

[doggonemad]

Yeah. S'good.