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[maddest]

[Like so many others will this week, Break wakes up screaming. The PCD isn't pointed at the bed, so it doesn't capture anything but sound until he scrambles off of it, past the camera and towards the window, throwing it open to get fresh air.

This all hits a little close to home.]

Why-

[He asks, hoarsely, a few minutes later,]

-does the network insist on displaying our grief? The timing is too consistent to be accidental.

Comments

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

I reacted more unfairly than you deserved, and took it out on Negi.

[al_truism]

... yeah.

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

I'll try to behave a little better in the future.

[al_truism]

So will I.

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

Forgiven?

[al_truism]

Absolutely.

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

Lovely. Drink your tea.

[al_truism]

[He does, and makes a dent in his plate for good measure.]

How much do you remember?

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

Telling you things I shouldn't have.

[al_truism]

Do you remember what I said about them?

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

Altruistic bibble babble.

[al_truism]

And a hug. Don't forget that part.

... it still holds true.

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

You twerp.

[Affectionate.]

[al_truism]

[Al just laughs.]

Thank you for coming back. It was a darker place without you.

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

And a masochist too, apparently.

[al_truism]

That depends on how you plan to treat me.

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

I'll be kind.

[al_truism]

Thank you.

... Break? I'm still not sure of how much you remember. I'll try to refer to you for what's okay and not, but if I overstep, I really want to know.

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

Most of it.

[al_truism]

... yeah?

[His heart is beating a little hard. He can't ask whether Break remembers that particular day they were both affected by an event, and-]

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

And what matters is where we are now.

[al_truism]

... you can always talk to me or ask questions, if you want to. I won't hold anything back.

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

No. I mean it- there are things best left unspoken.

[al_truism]

... yeah.

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

That's all!