throughbamboo | [ limelight ] broverflow

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

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

Well, explain it anyway.

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.

[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?

Edited 2024-12-02 07:02 (UTC)

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.

Why would ya have to do that?

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.

[. . .

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?

[ 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.